10/12/2026
THIS IS HUGE: Trump sued the BBC expecting it to fold like American networks did. Instead, the BBC fought back, and now a judge has cleared the way for it to subpoena Don Jr., Ivanka and Jared Kushner about January 6.
The ruling came Friday, according to the Daily Mirror.
Trump sued the BBC for billions over a Panorama documentary that misleadingly spliced together parts of his January 6 speech. The BBC acknowledged the editing mistake, apologized and promised not to air it again.
But it refused to pay him a dime, arguing the documentary didn't come close to the legal bar for defamation.
That sets the BBC apart. Disney, which owns ABC News, paid millions toward Trump's presidential library to settle a dispute. Paramount paid millions to settle his lawsuit over CBS's interview with Kamala Harris.
The BBC said no.
And now it's going on offense.
BBC lawyers want documents and testimony from Trump's eldest son, his daughter and his son-in-law about the events surrounding January 6. They tried to serve the subpoenas in person, but the Secret Service kept blocking them.
So U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett authorized them to deliver the subpoenas another way: by registered mail to their homes and businesses, and through their lawyers. She signed off on the same for former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann.
That means Trump's closest family members could end up answering questions under oath about January 6, all because of a lawsuit Trump chose to file.
Trump's lawyers called it harassment. The judge wasn't persuaded.
The case heads to trial in Miami in February.
While American media giants paid up, one news organization stood its ground.
Thank you, BBC, for refusing to be bullied.
