President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against a British broadcaster has hit a surprise twist that may not sit well with the president.
The BBC has reportedly requested that Trump, 80, hand over his phone records and private schedules from around the time of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, according to The Telegraph.
Trump is suing the British broadcaster, claiming it 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.
Because it’s a SLAPP suit and he’s always able to sneak out of the lawsuit after they mount an expensive defense.
Meanwhile it’s costing the UK public broadcaster money to defend, money that’d have gone to show production and infrastructure upgrades to compete with Netflix/Prime Video/Disney Plus/etc.
Wouldn’t at all surprise me if the streaming services as part of the caputilation deals with the trump controlled FCC wanted him to burn a good portion of the BBCs money with this SLAPP and/or give political ammunition to Farage and Murdoch to get the BBC disbanded when they get into power.
I’ve seen this before where the legal system does not recognise repeat stupidity.
I wonder what can be done about that?
It’s the same thing that keeps terrible lawyers from getting disbarred. Webs and webs of jurisdictional citations and rules that don’t apply to every court. Even among fed courts there’s almost no translation from wrongdoing in one to another unless it’s both egregious and makes the mainstream news, not just legal news.
There needs to be a federal anti-slapp law for sure.
Three strikes and you’re OUT?