Judge pauses BBC subpoena for Trump trust financial records

President Donald Trump's revocable trust will not have to begin turning over financial records to the BBC on Thursday after U.S. District Judge Roy Altman temporarily stayed the order while Trump seeks to revise his complaint in the broadcaster's defamation case. Altman wrote that if Trump's amended complaint "obviates the need to compel a non-party to disclose confidential financial information," it is prudent to pause the order until the amendment request is resolved. The delayed subpoena sought tax returns and other records showing the value of the trust, the assets it holds, year-to-year valuation changes and company-level financial information for approximately 400 Trump-linked businesses, as well as an accounting of personal property, intellectual property and digital assets including cryptocurrency holdings. Forbes values Trump's net worth at $6.4 billion as of Thursday afternoon, with that wealth held in the revocable trust. Trump has no clear deadline to file the revised complaint, meaning the fight over how much of his finances the BBC can examine could stretch for months and may narrow in scope.