President Donald Trump has filed an eleventh-hour plea to block a court order requiring him to turn over financial details on his sprawling business activities as part of a $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the BBC.
The president sued the publicly funded British broadcaster in Florida in December, claiming it had defamed him by “intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively” editing two parts of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech to make it seem as though he had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol.
The original complaint argued that the editing damaged the value of Trump’s “brand, properties, and businesses,” leading U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett to order the president to begin turning over information about more than 400 companies owned by the Trump family trust.
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