@cnn: A federal judge warned President Donald Trump could see his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC dismissed if he does not work harder to produce information the news outlet is entitled to in the case, including sitting for a deposition. "Engaging in discovery is burdensome, but is a burden we undertake, especially if we file a lawsuit," Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Aytch Lett told personal attorneys for Trump at a hearing Thursday, where she also backed a subpoena from the BBC for membership records at Mar-a-Lago. Lett expressed skepticism that Trump and his team had done an adequate job searching for internal documents related to the case. Lett also ordered that Trump sit for a deposition by December 11, but she and both parties said there was a likely possibility it could be moved back. The proceedings showed how the president's litigiousness comes with risks, including that lawsuits can expose Trump and his businesses to scrutiny from the parties he is suing. Trump filed the lawsuit against the BBC in December 2025. He alleges he was defamed by the media company with a documentary on his political comeback that aired before the 2024 election, because of how the film spliced two parts of the January 6, 2021, speech he gave in front of the White House before his supporters violently attacked the US Capitol. The documentary joined one section of his remarks, in which he told his supporters to "walk down to the Capitol," with a later portion, in which he told the protestors that "we fight like hell." 📸 Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images

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