BBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuit

BBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuit Last December, Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC and its subsidiaries BBC Studios Productions and BBC Studios Distribution concerning the 2024 Panorama episode. The suit, filed in Florida, alleges that the corporation “intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively doctoring” the code he gave regarding the Capitol on 6 January 2021. The BBC has apologised for an editing error that produced “the mistaken content that President Trump had made a nonstop telephone for convulsive action.” Nevertheless, the broadcaster has asked the tribunal to dismiss the case, contending that the programme does not satisfy the legal threshold for defamation and was not made available on its US platforms. Last month, Trump’s counsel conceded that they possess no evidence showing the documentary was accessible in the United States through the BBC’s BritBox subscription service, as they had originally asserted, nor via BBC.com, BBC Select or any US broadcasters. Trump has also agreed to drop the BBC’s commercial division, BBC Studios, from the litigation after the broadcaster maintained that the unit