The trust holding President Donald Trump’s assets will not have to start turning over financial documents to the BBC on Thursday as it had previously been ordered to do, as a federal judge ruled in Trump’s favor and let the documents stay hidden while the president continues to argue in court that they shouldn’t be released.
President Donald Trump speaks at an event at the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas on Aug. 5.
Judge Roy K. Altman paused an earlier ruling in Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC, in which Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett ordered the revocable trust holding Trump’s assets to turn over vast amounts of financial information to the broadcaster.
Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion in defamation damages over a 2024 documentary he claims hurt his business and reputation, and the BBC has demanded Trump provide financial information to show he actually suffered the losses he claims.
Altman granted the Trump trust’s last-minute request to pause Lett’s order, which argued the trust shouldn’t have to give over documents while it disputes the issue in court—since once the documents are turned over, they can’t be taken back.
