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Trump’s BBC suit and the Alaska case may test the side that sued

A federal magistrate judge in Miami on Thursday, Oct. 22, ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, AP reported. The Justice Department has sued to block certification of Alaska’s Senate result if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses and a second candidate named Sullivan could have changed the outcome, NBC News and AP reported; Trump said he ordered it. Together, they may show courts testing the side that sued.

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