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Judge Lets Trump Amend BBC Suit, But Financial Disclosure Fight Isn’t Over
['Jp Alegre']
the deep dive
Monday’s order also rendered the BBC’s pending motion to dismiss moot, since it had targeted the original complaint.
Facing a compliance deadline last week, the trust asked Altman for emergency relief, arguing the pending motion to amend could make Lett’s order moot.
Read: BBC Tells Court Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Motion Isn’t RealAltman’s order requires Trump to file the narrowed complaint the same day, replacing the business-damage theory with reputational harm alone.
Altman even flagged an upside for the BBC — narrowing the suit also narrows what Trump can ultimately collect.
But he left the finance fight unresolved, writing that whether the new complaint changes Trump’s disclosure obligations is “a question we’ll leave for Magistrate Judge Lett.”