US EditionBBC vows to fight Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over Panorama edit
Trump seeks $10 billion in damages, alleging the BBC's documentary deceptively edited his Jan. 6 speech to portray him as inciting violence before the 2024 U.S. election.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion, alleging a 2024 documentary deceptively edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech, and seeking a jury trial.
- Trump alleges the BBC spliced passages nearly 55 minutes apart, combining his call to march with a `fight like hell` line and omitting his peaceful protest remarks, he told reporters in the Oval Office he was suing for `putting words in my mouth`.
- Charles B. Tobin, attorney for the BBC, wrote last month that `our client had no intention of misleading anyone` and included the BBC's public apology and online retraction.
- UK ministers urged the BBC to stand firm and defended its independence, with Stephen Kinnock saying there is `no case to answer` on libel and the Labour Party pledging to `stand up for the BBC`.
- The $10 billion demand far exceeds past threats, with Sir Keir Starmer under pressure to defend the BBC amid UK government support.
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The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of transmitting a "false, defamatory, misleading, denigrating, incendiary and malicious representation of President Trump"
CPJ: Trump’s BBC lawsuit is yet another attack on US media freedom
Washington, D.C., December 17, 2025— The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against British public broadcaster, the BBC, and calls on the president to stop engaging the media in lawsuits that appear to challenge the fundamentals of the First Amendment. “The president’s lawsuits against the BBC and other news outlets undercut...
Donald Trump accuses the BBC of having manipulated his speech. The lawsuit claims damages of up to 10 billion dollars. The BBC rejects the allegations.
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Trump Files $10 billion Lawsuit Against BBC; Let It Burn
This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Exposé. President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (“BBC”), alleging the broadcaster deceptively edited clips from his 6 January 2021 speech to make it appear he incited violence during the Capitol riot. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, claims the BBC intentionally and m…
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