A US Judge Ordered Trump to Answer Questions Under Oath by December 11 in His BBC Suit
Trump is suing the BBC over a Panorama episode that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave before the 2021 Capitol riot.
US Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett said Trump must sit for the deposition by 11 December unless the discovery period is extended. Trump cancelled a previous deposition on 16 October, citing “matters of national importance” while he was campaigning in Georgia.
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Trump's lawyers said in a separate filing that he could appear between 11 and 22 January next year, and disputed that he was avoiding the deposition. That is a polite way to ask a judge to move a deadline just set.
The January window may be less evasive than it looks. Depositions typically take place in a lawyer's office rather than a courtroom, with no judge physically present.