Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn BBC defamation suit
What happened
According to a Sky News headline, a judge has ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC. The available information does not include the full report.
When it started
The date of the ruling and of the scheduled deposition are not stated in the information available for this explainer.
How it spread
The story was surfaced through a Google News link to a Sky News report. The court, the judge's reasoning and any details of the deposition's format were not available to this explainer.
Why it matters
A deposition is pre-trial questioning, usually given under oath, that lets each side gather evidence before a case goes to trial. The lawsuit is Trump's claim that the BBC defamed him, and the BBC's response is not described in the information provided.