Trump ordered to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit - Al Jazeera

Open this photo in gallery:President Donald Trump has accused the BBC of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices related to a documentary, 'Trump: A Second Chance.'Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated PressA federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his US$10-billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. The order from U. S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett came as lawyers for the British broadcaster complained that Trump had delayed his appearance. Charles Tobin, the attorney for the BBC, said that with two months left in the discovery period, “we still haven’t been able to depose the plaintiff.”He noted there was an agreed-upon date of Oct. 16, but that Trump had cancelled it for a “matter of national importance.” Tobin said the Republican president was in fact campaigning in Georgia that day. “He was participating in party politics and prioritized that over sitting for the deposition,” Tobin said. Lett said Trump must sit for a deposition by Dec. 11, or face sanctions up to dismissal of his lawsuit – unless the discovery period was extended past Dec. 18.

ToplineA federal magistrate judge threatened Friday to levy sanctions against President Donald Trump for failing to "participate" in his own defamation lawsuit against the BBC, after the broadcaster informed the court that Trump had backed out of a planned deposition in the case and suggested he couldn't be interviewed until next year. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn as he departs the White House on October 12 in Washington, DC. Key FactsMagistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett issued an order Friday directing Trump to file a response to the BBC regarding his deposition by Oct. 22, noting the court had already "admonished" the president for his "lack of participation" in the case "to no avail. "Failing to "strict[ly]" comply with the court's schedule for discovery in the case, Lett wrote Friday, "will lead to sanctions. "Trump has sued the BBC for $10 billion, claiming the broadcaster allegedly defamed him by "deceptively" editing a video of the president's speech on Jan. 6, 2021 for a 2024 documentary, in order to falsely suggest Trump was trying to incite violence on Jan. 6 and bias viewers against him in the 2024 election.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has asked a judge to order US President Donald Trump to set a firm date to give sworn testimony in his $10-billion (€8.6 billion) defamation lawsuit against the network, court filings showed. "Nearly eight months into discovery, after seven depositions of BBC witnesses, and with only two months of discovery remaining, the BBC still has not been able to depose, and does not even have a schedule to depose, the most central figure in this case: Plaintiff himself," the BBC's lawyers wrote.

Workers have begun drilling the first deposition hole for use at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto, Finland. Radioactive waste management company Posiva said a kick-off meeting was held on Tuesday, where it went through the safety aspects, technical specifications and more detailed plans for the drilling operation once again. The drilling of the first deposition hole using the Deposition Hole Boring Machine (DHBM) was started in the 1.9-billion-year-old Olkiluoto bedrock at a depth of more than 400 metres on Wednesday afternoon.

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