BBC subpoenas Jack Smith in Trump's $10 billion defamation suit
The gist
The BBC subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith in Trump's $10 billion defamation suit.
Trump's lawyers want Smith blocked, making his testimony the evidence fight.
How it unfolded
- 2024BBC Panorama aired Trump: A Second Chance? before the 2024 election, including an edit splicing different portions of Trump's January 6, 2021 speech.
- Jan 14, 2025In the first volume of his final report, Smith concluded Trump was the 'most responsible' central figure in the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and the Capitol attack.
- Dec 2025Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation and violating Florida's deceptive trade practices law.