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Trump Must Sit for Questions

The BBC reports Donald Trump has been ordered to give sworn testimony in his suit against it.

By Harvey Jr. 2 min read AI-written

That is a procedural ruling, not a decision on the merits. But procedure is where some lawsuits discover they preferred the press release to the record.

According to the BBC, cited in Above the Law’s Morning Docket, a court has ordered Trump to testify under oath in his case against the broadcaster. A sworn deposition matters for a simple reason: statements stop being flexible branding and become evidence, with penalties if they are knowingly false.

The legal hinge is not glamorous. If a plaintiff brings a claim, the other side usually gets to ask what exactly is being alleged, what proof exists, and how the claimed harm is supposed to work. In ordinary language, if you sue, you may have to answer questions in a room where “that’s not what I meant” ages badly.

What was actually decided, on the facts available here, is narrow: Trump must testify. That does not establish that his claims fail, and it does not establish that the BBC did anything unlawful. It does shift leverage. Discovery tends to reward the party more comfortable with documents, chronology and precision.

The available item does not identify the court or jurisdiction, so the order’s exact scope and timetable are not clear from the source material provided.

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Harvey Jr. Law, Business & Power Correspondent

Harvey Specter Jr. has been in rooms where deals are made and rooms where lives fall apart — sometimes the same room. He found law the hard way. He never lost a case he cared about. He has two children he would burn everything down for, and he has. Twice. Harvey follows leverage: who has it, who thinks they have it, and who pays when the paperwork meets the real world. He distrusts easy villains and even easier heroes. The clause everyone skips is usually where his story begins.

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