2026-09-30 · Evening Standard
🔮 Donald Trump accused of flouting disclosure rules in BBC defamation case
Given the legal timetable, lawyers for the corporation warn it would “experience extreme prejudice” if the US president “continues to disregard his discovery obligations”, and they have asked the court to intervene.
They pointed out the ongoing delay related to records “that are not in dispute” and which Mr Trump had previously agreed to disclose.
In a Miami court filing lodged on September 25, the BBC’s legal team said it had written to Mr Trump’s counsel on September 21 “regarding plaintiff’s continued delays in producing records responsive to BBC discovery requests that are not in dispute – records that plaintiff agreed to produce in his initial responses to the BBC’s requests for production” in April and August. assertive