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Media Defamation Litigation

Sourced Donald Trump records grouped under media defamation litigation. This page is an index: the full evidence, photo credits, videos and source ledger remain attached to the dated canonical record.

August 22, 2026 · Media litigation / January 6 speech / discovery dispute

Trump asks court to block BBC effort to obtain testimony and records from Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr.

PENDING LITIGATION — UNRATED / discovery dispute not yet resolved

In Trump’s $10 billion defamation case against the BBC over the editing of his January 6, 2021 speech, his lawyers urged a federal judge on August 22 to reject the BBC’s request for help obtaining testimony and records from Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. The BBC says the three may have relevant personal knowledge; Trump’s side calls the effort harassment and improper leverage. No ruling on the BBC’s latest request had been issued in the reporting reviewed for this build.

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