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Looks like Trump is getting more than he bargained for when taking on BBC.

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 11 hours ago

I keep saying that these defendants should stop settling, and start demanding their day in court, with a FEROCIOUS discovery, and a countersuit to make him cover the legal costs if he loses.

Then REFUSE to settle, or drop the case. Follow it all the way through, you know he'll never win.

Fight fire with a Supernova.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago

He’s just stalling long enough to cook the books.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

It’s a no-win scenario for him. Showing that the BBC hurt his financials is admitting weakness. Not being able to show a financial loss defeats his case.

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 32 points 17 hours ago

Trump is afraid of BBC.

Use this headline as you will.

[-] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Can you blame him? He's got a thing going with Bubba. He won't ruin that by letting some BBC inside his finances

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

"I want justice!! JUSTICE! ....uhhhh, now wait a minute..."

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

No no, he wants "Just ICE". Slip of the tongue, common amongst the elderly deranged.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 34 points 22 hours ago

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump wasn't aware that the BBC isn't 'Murican

I mean, he's a fucking idiot, after all

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

That is why he is doing it in a US court. They let you sue foreign entities.

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

What stops a country from saying something like, "it is illegal for our citizens to be sued in a foreign court"?

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Treaties mostly. And if they ever wanna do business in the US again. Which pre oompalumpanian policies and politics was an appealing thing to have and do.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

You can't dictate laws in another country.

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 28 points 22 hours ago

I think he'll drop the suit so that he doesn't have to disclose the tax documents. You know he's committing tax fraud, and if those docs are released, the world will know. That won't affect him now, but it will in 2.5 years.

[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah he may have gotten away with real-estate fraud, tax fraud, election fraud, rape, stealing classified documents, literally coup attempts against congress, but he won't get away with tax fraud.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Buddy isn't going to make it very far past the mark where vance can run for 2 terms. Either he'll actually die of natural causes, or the people controlling him will kill him.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

The Justice department gave him immunity from past and future tax fraud

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago

They have a wish list for Santa Claus, too.

[-] o0evillusion0o@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago

So many things to conceal and protect... Like the TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES (TM) for example.

Must be exhausting. No wonder he's always on the nod.

[-] Darukhnarn@feddit.org 9 points 21 hours ago

I sincerely hope he will face no consequences in 2.5 years. On accounts of painfully and painstakingly slowly dying 2.49 years prior.

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[-] Catma@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

He is going to get immunity for suing the IRS. No eay that clause doesnt come back. And the time to adjucate that, he will be long dead

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago

No he's not. That will never be legal.

[-] fake@sh.itjust.works 8 points 22 hours ago
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[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago

I would love to have his backers outed as well.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 24 points 22 hours ago

There's something so beautiful to see about him hanging himself with his own rope, because of his stupidity and arrogance

I look forward to his death, and I hope that it hurts the whole time

[-] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net 3 points 15 hours ago

At this point it just looks like he has an asphyxiation fetish. When, or at this point really, if, he gets any sort of comeuppance it'll be a fucking miracle.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

He seems to have cholera, or dysentery, the way he shits himself constantly. Hopefully he shits himself to death.

[-] Wunz@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago

He's not gonna take that BBC lying down!

[-] Abyssian@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He'll wiggle and worm for all he's worth but then drop the suit before they can climax.

I hope they counter sue for their defense costs and as much more as they possibly can. I wonder if the BBC counter suing him on the grounds that this lawsuit from him was filed based on a lie (his imaginary $10b loss), he failed to comply with the court order to disclose finances to prove the loss he himself had claimed, and then when the judge refused to stay that order he ended up dropping his case entirely would be a way to try to force the same financial record disclosure?

I'd imagine not under normal circumstances, the burden of proof being on the one suing... but with that chain of events and every historic estimate of Trump's net worth having been far less than that claimed $10B loss... it seems like it might be possible.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

How would you know, those files have been redacted.

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[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 206 points 1 day ago

The BBC responded to the trust Wednesday in a court filing opposing the request to pause the order, arguing it “is a transparent effort to evade this Court’s clear and direct order and to continue to avoid the discovery obligations that Plaintiff took on when he chose to file this lawsuit.”

Wouldn't someone in the US with a passing familiarity of lawsuits and who has been in court innumerable times have an inkling about the discovery phase?

I recognize President Pedophile is incredibly stupid, in addition to being a horrible human being. But I'm struggling to see how he could have made this mistake. Additionally, he has lawyers. This is incredible.

Good on the BBC for fighting this.

[-] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago

It's not a mistake.

He's a bully. He thinks he can get away with it, so he does it...because he usually gets away with it.

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