--- title: "US judge orders Trump to testify in BBC lawsuit by December 11" description: "Most outlets reported the judge’s order for Trump to sit for a deposition by December 11 in the BBC defamation lawsuit, with a focus on the deadline and the legal context. Several also noted the BBC’s claim that Trump has been stalling to avoid answering questions, though this was presented as a quoted legal argument rather than a factual assertion. The framing was largely consistent across the coverage, with slight variation in emphasis on the legal process versus the BBC’s allegations." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/15929-trump-ordered-to-sit-for-deposition-in-his-10bn-bbc-lawsuit site: HarZaviya language: en --- # US judge orders Trump to testify in BBC lawsuit by December 11 world · updated 23 Oct 2026, 2:01 PM PKT · 22–23 Oct 2026 · 7 articles from 6 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 6 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the judge’s order for Trump to sit for a deposition by December 11 in the BBC defamation lawsuit, with a focus on the deadline and the legal context. Several also noted the BBC’s claim that Trump has been stalling to avoid answering questions, though this was presented as a quoted legal argument rather than a factual assertion. The framing was largely consistent across the coverage, with slight variation in emphasis on the legal process versus the BBC’s allegations. ## Same story from 6 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dunya News** — [Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/979144-trump-ordered-to-sit-for-deposition-in-his-10-billion-bbc-lawsuit) · 23 Oct 2026, 2:01 PM PKT > Donald Trump must testify by December 11 in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an allegedly misleading speech edit. - **24 News HD** — [Judge orders Trump to give deposition in BBC lawsuit by Dec 11](https://www.24newshd.tv/23-Oct-2026/judge-orders-trump-give-deposition-bbc-lawsuit-dec-11) · 23 Oct 2026, 10:31 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > A US judge on Thursday issued President Donald Trump a December 11 deadline to testify under oath in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. - **Daily Times** — [US judge orders Donald Trump to testify in $10 billion BBC lawsuit](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1571133/us-judge-orders-donald-trump-to-testify-in-10-billion-bbc-lawsuit/) · 23 Oct 2026, 10:06 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > US Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett issued a formal court order directing President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition under oath by December 11. The judicial order comes after lawyers representing the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) accused the president’s legal team of repeatedly delaying his testimony. The judge warned that failure to comply with the […] - **Dawn** — [Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10bn BBC lawsuit](https://www.dawn.com/news/2039141/trump-ordered-to-sit-for-deposition-in-his-10bn-bbc-lawsuit) · 23 Oct 2026, 8:16 AM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing > WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by December 11 in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, which has accused the US president of stalling to avoid answering questions under oath, the Associated Press reported. Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over a misleadingly edited clip of a speech. ... - **The Nation** — [Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit](https://www.nation.com.pk/23-Oct-2026/trump-ordered-answer-questions-oath-bbc-lawsuit) · 23 Oct 2026, 12:50 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > WASHINGTON - A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Trump ordered to sit for deposition in his $10bn BBC lawsuit, AP reports](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330477611/trump-ordered-to-sit-for-deposition-in-his-10bn-bbc-lawsuit-ap-reports) · 22 Oct 2026, 11:19 PM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing > A federal judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by December 11 in ​his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, which has accused the US president of ‌stalling to avoid answering questions under oath, the Associated Press reported. Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over a misleadingly edited clip of a speech. The case i... 7 articles from 6 outlets, 22–23 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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