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- A US judge in Miami has allowed the BBC to subpoena several close aides and family members of Donald Trump, including Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Steve Bannon, as part of its defence against his $10 billion defamation lawsuit.
- The suit, filed in December, centres on a BBC documentary about the January 6 Capitol attack that allegedly used a misleadingly edited 12-second clip of Trump's speech.
- The BBC says communications from Trump's inner circle are needed to establish his state of mind and actions around the attack.
- The judge called the subpoenas reasonable but indicated some requested information may need to be narrowed, and the case is one of the highest-profile defamation suits involving a sitting US president.
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- Whether the court narrows the scope of information the BBC can seek from Trump's aides
- What the subpoenaed communications reveal about Trump's state of mind around January 6
- How Trump's legal team responds as discovery moves forward
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