The BBC has failed multiple times to serve Donald Trump’s family members with legal orders in the US President’s defamation case against the broadcaster.

The national broadcaster has been attempting to subpoena Mr Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr; his daughter, Ivanka Trump; and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to require them to give evidence, however, multiple efforts have failed so far.

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    In Sweden, If it’s important mail with legal concerns, you’ll get a letter or an SMS that you have a letter to pick up at the nearest service point. The same way as you pick up a parcel. When you get I, you’ll have to ID and sign it, then it’s considered delivered to you.

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      you’ll get a letter

      A letter to tell you that you have a letter. Kind of funny.

      or an SMS

      You register your phone number with the government? That’s not something we do in the US.

      When you get I, you’ll have to ID and sign it, then it’s considered delivered to you.

      Hypothetically speaking, what happens if you ignore the pre-letter or the SMS and never pick up the important mail? What happens if you refuse to sign for it?

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        Nope. You fan register your number at different agencies to get messages directly instead of ordinary email. So if it’s from a court or law enforcement, it’s usually a letter to pick up the letter.

        If you ignore it they’ll usually send someone to serve you I think. Or maybe fine you if it’s not super important. Not sure.