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Attacks against the press have been characteristic of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term, and now it\u2019s being reported that one of his most notable efforts to stifle the 1st Amendment has received a major \u201cbenchslap.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cJust in,\u201d tweeted Politico Senior Legal Affairs reporter Josh Gerstein<\/u> on Monday. \u201cJudge Roy Altman benchslaps Trump’s attorneys in his $5 to 10 [billion] libel lawsuit against BBC, citing late filings and a missed deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n

His post was attached to an image of the latest legal filing from Trump vs. British Broadcasting Corporation<\/em>, in which the judge asserted, \u201cRather than timely file his response, the Plaintiff filed two eleventh-hour procedural motions the day his response was due. Neither motion explained why the Plaintiff delayed so long in seeking the requested relief or asked that we extend the response deadline\u2026And, as of this writing, the Plaintiff has missed the deadline to file his response.\u201d<\/p>\n

None of that is good for Trump\u2019s case, but the judge\u2019s conclusion was even worse: \u201cWe hereby order that by June 10, 2026, the Plaintiff shall file notice with the docket explaining: (1) whether we should consider the Motion to Dismiss unopposed and (2) why we shouldn\u2019t sanction the Plaintiff\u2019s counsel for their apparent disregard of court deadlines.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In other words, the Trump legal team has just two days to explain why the case shouldn\u2019t be thrown out entirely and why they themselves should not face consequences for wasting the court\u2019s time. This is an embarrassing blow amidst Trump\u2019s wide-ranging war against the media, in which he has suffered losses but also achieved high-profile victories. <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s wins have included high-value settlements with ABC and Paramount, the latter of which, it has been suggested, contributed to the firing of Stephen Colbert. Beyond litigation, the purchase of CNN by a Trump loyalist also resulted in the appointment of a new CBS News chief who has been accused of MAGA sympathies, resulting in a recent string of changes at Trump-targeted 60 Minutes, which fired correspondent Scott Pelley has called an effort to \u201cmurder<\/u>\u201d the legacy news program. <\/p>\n

But Trump\u2019s campaign against the press has also been checkered with humiliating losses. In April, a judge threw out his $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, saying the claims were a \u201cgroundless<\/u>\u201d attempt to level allegations before looking for evidence to support them. His lawyers have also just announced intentions to request that the Supreme Court reopen a $475 million lawsuit against CNN<\/u> that was slapped down earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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Now, Trump appears to be losing his fight against the BBC. The president filed suit for as much as $10 billion against the network
under allegations that it had \u201cmaliciously\u201d doctored a speech delivered by Trump shortly before the January 6th insurrection to make him appear responsible for the violence. His case has hit a number of stumbling blocks<\/u> over the past year, but now it appears that it may be tossed out altogether.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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