Judge swapped in Trump’s defamation case against BBC0

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• August 18, 2026

A judge who was recently nominated by Donald Trump to serve in Florida’s federal court has taken over as judge in the US president’s $10bn defamation case against the BBC. Jeffrey Kuntz was nominated as a federal judge by Trump in April and confirmed by a 51-46 majority in the Republican-led Senate last month. He