Trump urges court to reject BBC’s bid to secure records from his family in defamation case

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has pressed a federal judge to reject the BBC's request for the court's assist in securing testimony and documents from three family members in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.

Key points

• They remarked the process server additionally visited Trump Tower in New York a number of days afterwards in a failed attempt to serve Donald Trump Jr.
• District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Miami did not immediately rule on the dispute.
• Kuntz, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, inherited the president's lawsuit from another judge less than a week ago.

Notably, the BBC is trying to gain "politically-driven leverage" over Trump by serving subpoenas on daughter Ivanka Trump, son-in-law Jared Kushner and son Donald Trump Jr., personal lawyers for the Republican president argued in a court filing Friday.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Miami did not immediately rule on the dispute.

Kuntz, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, inherited the president's lawsuit from another judge less than a week ago. Court filings did not immediately specify a reason for the case's reassignment. The previous judge has set a February trial date.

In May, a process server working for the BBC tried to serve subpoenas on Ivanka Trump and Kushner at their residence but encountered Secret Service agents who remarked they were not authorized to accept it, according to the president's lawyers. They remarked the process server additionally visited Trump Tower in New York a number of days afterwards in a failed attempt to serve Donald Trump Jr.

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