Trump Tries to Pause BBC Lawsuit to Hide His Finances
The president's lawsuit against the BBC is blowing up in his face.
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The president's lawsuit against the BBC is blowing up in his face. trib.al/gVjCIqL[image or embed] -- The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) 7:22 PM · Aug 5, 2026
The president's lawsuit against the BBC is blowing up in his face. trib.al/gVjCIqL[image or embed]
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More: President Trump on Wednesday filed an emergency motion to stop the British Broadcasting Corporation from gaining broad access to intimate details about his finances.
The emergency stay is the latest development in how Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, triggered by a 2024 episode of Panorama titled "Trump, a Second Chance," is backfiring. Last month, U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqu Lett allowed the BBC to move forward with gaining access to the financial information of at least 400 business entities owned by Trump's family trust. Lett set a Thursday deadline for the BBC to get hold of his financial records.
Now Trump is scrambling to stop what he started from blowing up in his face.
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Trump's legal team is asking Lett to allow Trump to go back and change the language of the suit, so that his lucrative business dealings as president are not subject to public scrutiny.
The BBC has yet to respond.
#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-08-06 09:49 AM | Reply
"The BBC has yet to respond."
Hopefully, tomorrow's headline:
BBC: NFW, DJT!
#2 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-06 09:52 AM | Reply
Trump is not a fan of discovery.
#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-06 01:04 PM | Reply
#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-06 03:32 PM | Reply
He has been writing checks with his mouth that he can't cash all his life.
He's always been a greed and lust driven scumbag.
How he conned 50% of Americans into letting him destroy this nation twice should be a masters level class in psychology.
#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-08-07 07:26 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
President Trump on Wednesday filed an emergency motion to stop the British Broadcasting Corporation from gaining broad access to intimate details about his finances
How could his legal team not advised him that this was likely to happen? Or did he say: "To hell with it, I am going to do it anyway. If necessary, I know that I can appeal and my buddies in the SCOTUS will take care of me."
#6 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2026-08-07 10:34 AM | Reply
It would be a beautiful thing if his own frivolous lawsuit led to the exposure of all his embezzlement that causes his eventual downfall.
#7 | Posted by MBlue at 2026-08-07 11:42 AM | Reply
Judge grants Trump's request to delay handing financial records to BBC www.bbc.com
... A judge has granted Donald Trump's request to delay handing over financial records to the BBC as part of his $10bn (7.4bn) lawsuit against the broadcaster. ...
#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-07 11:42 AM | Reply
Re 7
You had a dream!
What a nice dream.
#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-07 11:55 AM | Reply
#2 | POSTED BY DANFORTH
In American English I think that translates to "GFY Trumpy".
#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-07 01:25 PM | Reply
Actually, I got it from Union parlance. It's a not-so-subtle negotiating response in the negative.
#11 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-08-07 01:28 PM | Reply
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