BREAKING: BBC Scores Major Win as Judge Orders Trump Trust to Hand Over Years of Financial Documents [UEUSdz4HTeH]
BREAKING: BBC Scores Major Win as Judge Orders Trump Trust to Hand Over Years of Financial Documents The BBC just landed a win in the very lawsuit Trump filed against it. The case traces back to Trump's $10 billion defamation suit over a 2024 Panorama documentary that spliced together parts of his January 6 speech. Trump claims the broadcast caused massive harm to his "brand, properties and businesses," and that claim is exactly what opened the door. U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett agreed. In a nine-page order Tuesday, she ruled the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which controls nearly 400 entities tied to his business empire, must produce financial records dating back to January 1, 2023. "All of President Trump's brand, properties and businesses are impugned or said to have been impugned," Lett said. "Reputational, economic damages, all of that is now at issue in this case." Production starts within ten days, with weekly deliveries until complete. Trump's team argued the trust wasn't a party to the case and that the request was overbroad. Lett rejected those objections, noting that once Trump put his financial harm at issue, the records became fair game, though she did narrow the original request by capping the date range. In response, Trump's lawyers now say they plan to amend the complaint and drop the financial damages claims entirely, apparently to avoid the disclosure. The judge said she doesn't have authority to simply strike those claims from the existing complaint herself. The case continues alongside a separate fight over how much the BBC can probe Trump's intent on January 6, with Lett ruling that issue stays relevant but the case won't become a full relitigation of that day. Trial is currently set for February 2027.