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Trump alleges BBC's deceptive editing of his Jan. 6 speech damaged his reputation and seeks $10 billion in a Florida federal court defamation lawsuit.
- On Dec 15, President Donald Trump sued the British Broadcasting Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, seeking $10 billion over an edited January 6 speech he alleges was deceptively presented.
- The Panorama episode edited together separate remarks from the January 6, 2021 speech at the Ellipse, combining statements nearly an hour apart and airing a week before the 2024 US election after a leaked memo raised concerns.
- Court filings cite specific timestamps to show the clips were spliced from nearly an hour apart, seeking $5 billion per count for defamation and Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act violations.
- The BBC apologized for the edits, pulled the documentary, and saw resignations from Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, while a BBC spokesperson said it will defend the lawsuit.
- He filed in the U.S. after Britain’s libel window closed, facing the U.S. Supreme Court actual‑malice standard, while the BBC licence fee and Trump’s prior media lawsuits raise political and financial stakes.
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US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, seeking $10 billion in damages over a misleading edit of his 2021 speech before the US Capitol riot.
Trump Files $10B Lawsuit Against BBC for Defamatory J6 Edit
President Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion for deliberately editing the J6 so-called documentary to make it seem as if the President was calling for violence when he actually called for the protesters to march “patriotically and peacefully.” The BBC is fighting the lawsuit. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said early Tuesday it plans […] The post Trump Files $10B Lawsuit Against BBC for Defamatory J6 Edit appeared first on www.indepe…
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Trump sues BBC for billions over 'deceptive and defamatory' edit of his Jan. 6 speech, blasts foreign election interference
President Donald Trump filed a massive defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation on Monday over an edit of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech that appeared in a BBC "Panorama" documentary.The lawsuit claims that the BBC's "deceptive and defamatory distortion, doctoring, manipulation, and splicing damaged President Trump in his occupation, damaged his professional reputation, and portrayed him as engaging in supposed calls for rioting…
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