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更新于：2026年10月22日 / 美国东部时间下午1:55 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
华盛顿讯——一名联邦法官表示，总统特朗普必须在12月11日前接受BBC律师的证词录制，这是他针对这家英国广播公司提起的 ongoing 诽谤诉讼的一部分程序。
据美联社报道，美国联邦治安法官恩乔利克·莱特在周四上午迈阿密的一场听证会上设定了这一截止日期。法官责令特朗普必须在12月11日前答复问题，否则将面临处罚，其中可能包括驳回他对BBC提起的诉讼，除非特朗普与该广播公司就本案收集信息的期限获得延长。
特朗普原本应于上周五接受证词录制，但他的律师在上月底告知BBC，由于“其他具有全国重要性的事务”，他将无法再抽空答复问题。BBC向法院透露，在原定证词录制日期10月16日当天，特朗普在佐治亚州出席了一场与共和党参议院和州长候选人共同参与的集会。随后他前往位于南佛罗里达州的海湖庄园度假村，出席了共和党全国委员会的一场活动。
据BBC消息，特朗普曾表示他可于1月的第二或第三周接受证词录制。
该广播公司的律师已请求法官强制特朗普确认证词录制日期并答复他们的提问。
在一份声明中，特朗普法律团队的一名发言人未就法官要求进行证词录制的命令作出回应，但称其“强有力的诉讼正迫使BBC为其诽谤和鲁莽的选举干预行为承担责任，正如他此前已让其他假新闻主流媒体为其不当行为负责一样”。
特朗普于去年12月对BBC提起了100亿美元的诉讼，起因是一部纪录片将他2021年1月6日在白宫外发表的演讲片段进行了拼接剪辑。特朗普指控这部于2024年10月播出、距总统选举仅数周的纪录片误导了观众，并虚假描述了他对支持者的讲话内容。
在特朗普发表演讲后，其支持者组成的人群游行至美国国会大厦并冲击了建筑，当时议员和时任副总统迈克·彭斯正在国会大厦内确认2020年大选的选举结果。
BBC于2025年11月表示，对特朗普演讲片段的剪辑方式“深表遗憾”，但不认为存在诽谤诉讼的法律依据，并向特朗普致歉。
在周四的听证会上，BBC和特朗普的律师本应讨论该广播公司传唤前特别检察官杰克·史密斯出庭作证的传票事宜。史密斯曾于2023年对特朗普提起刑事指控，案件涉及特朗普 allegedly 试图破坏2020大选后总统权力交接的行为。这些指控在特朗普2024年连任当选后被撤销。
在为传唤史密斯作证的辩护中，BBC在一份法庭文件中表示，这位前特别检察官能够披露与特朗普1月6日演讲相关的信息，包括特朗普是否知晓其言论可能引发暴力行为。该广播公司称史密斯并不反对这一传票。
但特朗普的律师驳斥了史密斯对特朗普演讲或其发表演讲时的心理状态具有个人认知的说法。他们还表示，史密斯的证词将是“重复冗余”的，因为史密斯已就其调查发布了最终报告，并两次就对特朗普的指控向国会作证。
BBC还要求获取海湖庄园有关会员资格和入会费的文件，特朗普的律师认为这一要求不具备合法目的。
证据开示程序于今年2月启动，原定于12月18日结束。BBC律师在一份文件中表示，在证据开示启动近八个月后，他们仍未与特朗普进行过交谈，也没有询问他的日程安排。他们称特朗普“是本案最核心的人物”。
“在诽谤诉讼中，几乎没有比原告的证词录制更关键、更相关的证据开示环节。正因如此，原告拒绝接受证词录制可能会对其诉讼主张造成不利影响，”他们在本月早些时候的一项动议中写道。
Judge in Miami says Trump must sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit by Dec. 11
2026-10-22T12:46:00-0400 / CBS News
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Updated on: October 22, 2026 / 1:55 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — A federal judge said President Trump must sit for a deposition with lawyers for the BBC by Dec. 11 as part of his ongoing defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett set the deadline during a hearing in Miami on Thursday morning, according to the Associated Press. The judge ordered Mr. Trump to answer questions by Dec. 11 or face penalties, which could include dismissal of his lawsuit against the BBC, unless the period for the president and the network to collect information in the case is extended, the AP reported.
Mr. Trump was supposed to sit for a deposition Friday, but his lawyers told the BBC late last month that he would no longer be available to answer questions “due to other matters of national importance.” The BBC told the court that on the day of the scheduled deposition, Oct. 16, the president spoke at a rally in Georgia alongside GOP candidates for the Senate and governor. He then traveled to his South Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, where he attended an event for the Republican National Committee.
The president said he would be available for the deposition in the second or third week of January, according to the BBC.
Lawyers for the broadcaster had asked the judge to compel Mr. Trump to confirm a date for the deposition and answer their questions.
In a statement, a spokesman for the president’s legal team did not address the judge’s demand for a deposition, but said his “powerhouse lawsuit is holding the BBC accountable for its defamation and reckless election interference just as he has held other fake news mainstream media responsible for their wrongdoing.”
Mr. Trump filed his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC in December over a documentary that featured spliced-together portions of a speech he gave outside the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump alleged that the documentary, which aired in October 2024, just weeks before the presidential election, misled viewers and falsely depicted his remarks to supporters.
Following the president’s speech, a crowd of his backers marched to the U.S. Capitol and breached the building, where lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence were gathered to reaffirm the results of the 2020 election.
The BBC said in November 2025 that it “sincerely regrets” how the clip of Mr. Trump’s speech was edited but disagreed that there was a basis for a defamation claim. The network apologized to the president.
At the hearing Thursday, lawyers for the BBC and the president were set to discuss the network’s subpoena for deposition testimony from Jack Smith, the former special counsel who brought criminal charges against Mr. Trump in 2023. The case involved Mr. Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election. The charges were dismissed after the president was elected to a second term in 2024.
In defending the subpoena for Smith’s testimony, the BBC said in a court filing that the former special counsel could shed light on matters involving Mr. Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, including whether the president knew his remarks could lead to violence. The network said Smith does not object to the subpoena.
But Mr. Trump’s lawyers refuted the notion that Smith has personal knowledge about the president’s speech or state of mind when he delivered it. They also said Smith’s testimony would be “duplicative,” since he authored a final report on his investigation and testified twice to Congress about his case against Mr. Trump.
The BBC is also seeking documents from Mar-a-Lago about its membership and initiation fees, which the president’s lawyers argue does not serve a legitimate purpose.
The discovery process began in February and is set to end Dec. 18. BBC lawyers said in a filing that nearly eight months into discovery, they still have not spoken with Mr. Trump and do not have a schedule to question him. They called the president “the most central figure in this case.”
“There is hardly a more crucial and relevant piece of discovery in a defamation lawsuit than the deposition of the Plaintiff. For that reason, a plaintiff’s unwillingness to sit for a deposition can be perilous to his claim,” they wrote in a motion earlier this month.
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