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Brian Tyler Cohen examines Trump's BBC lawsuit and its discovery risk

Glenn Kirschner explains why the BBC's effort to question Jack Smith could complicate the case Trump brought.

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Trump gets WORST NEWS YET on new defamation lawsuit

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0:10Kirschner says the BBC wants to depose Jack Smith and Trump's attorneys are trying to prevent his testimony.
1:21The defamation dispute concerns the BBC's editing of footage from Trump's January 6 speech.
3:25Civil discovery can include depositions, written questions and demands for communications, Kirschner explains.
8:54Cohen and Kirschner consider whether the prospect of Smith's testimony could prompt Trump to drop the lawsuit.

Bringing a defamation lawsuit also opens the door to questions from the other side. That is the procedural risk at the center of Brian Tyler Cohen's Legal Breakdown discussion with former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner about Donald Trump's case against the BBC.

Kirschner says the broadcaster has sought to depose Jack Smith, while Trump's attorneys have submitted a filing trying to prevent that testimony. The dispute concerns the BBC's editing of footage from Trump's January 6 speech, the basis of the defamation claim discussed in the episode.

The useful explanation comes when Kirschner lays out the breadth of civil discovery. It can encompass sworn questioning, written questions and demands for communications. His point is that a plaintiff seeking damages does not control every question the defense gets to ask.

Cohen and Kirschner then consider whether that exposure could lead Trump to abandon the lawsuit. That is their assessment of a possible outcome, not an announcement that Smith will testify or that Trump has dropped the case.

The title, "Trump gets WORST NEWS YET on new defamation lawsuit", supplies the dramatic framing. The discussion itself is about a narrower development: an effort to obtain testimony, an attempt to block it, and Kirschner's argument that pursuing the case carries risks for Trump.

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