{"id":4186,"date":"2026-11-11T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T06:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T06:03:49","slug":"us-judge-says-trumps-10-billion-bbc-defamation-case-can-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4186","title":{"rendered":"US judge says Trump\u2019s $10 billion BBC defamation case can proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A federal judge on Tuesday said President Donald Trump\u2019s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly \u200bedited clip of a speech can go forward, but threw out \u200cTrump\u2019s unfair trade practices claim against the broadcaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump is suing Britain\u2019s publicly funded broadcaster<\/a> for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters \u200bto storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n

The case is \u200bone of several Trump has filed against the news media as \u2060part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage he dislikes.<\/p>\n

US District Judge \u200bJeffrey Kuntz in Florida declined to throw out Trump\u2019s defamation claim against the BBC, \u200bsaying Trump had plausibly alleged that the broadcaster damaged his reputation and knew or should have known the clip was misleading. Kuntz\u2019s ruling did not decide whether Trump has proven those \u200bclaims.<\/p>\n

Trump called the ruling a \u201chuge victory\u201d in a social media post. \u201cWe will continue \u200bfighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!\u201d he \u200cwrote.<\/p>\n

A \u2060BBC spokesperson said the broadcaster was surprised by the decision but respects the court\u2019s authority and remains confident in its position.<\/p>\n

The BBC has previously admitted the edits were misleading and apologized to Trump, though it denies being liable for defamation.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s lawsuit, \u200bfiled in December \u200bin Florida federal \u2060court, accuses the BBC of defaming him<\/a> by splicing together parts of the speech, including one section where he told supporters \u200bto march on the Capitol and another where he said \u201cfight \u200blike hell\u201d. \u2060It omitted a section in which he called for peaceful protest.<\/p>\n

The edited speech appeared in a BBC \u201cPanorama\u201d documentary show shortly before the 2024 presidential election, which Trump won.<\/p>\n

\u2060A \u200bleaked internal BBC memo cited the edits as \u200bevidence of potential political bias, sparking a public relations crisis for the broadcaster and leading to high-level \u200bresignations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A federal judge on Tuesday said President Donald Trump\u2019s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly \u200bedited clip of a speech can go forward, but threw out \u200cTrump\u2019s unfair trade practices claim against the broadcaster. Trump is suing Britain\u2019s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters \u200bto storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The case is \u200bone of several Trump has filed against the news media as \u2060part of a wider…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}