US judge says Trump’s $10 billion BBC defamation case can proceed
The judge found Trump plausibly alleged the BBC edited a 12-second clip to imply he called for violence and said the claim can continue.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz allowed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC to proceed, though he dismissed the unfair trade practices claim against the broadcaster.
- Trump sued after a 2024 BBC documentary spliced two segments of his 2021 speech, creating a false impression he incited the Capitol riot; the broadcaster apologized for the edit but denies defamation.
- During the ongoing discovery phase, the BBC challenged the adequacy of Trump's document search, noting his privilege log contained only 20 items while theirs included 2,712 entries over 425 pages.
- Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett questioned the limited production size, while Trump declared the ruling a "huge victory," vowing to continue fighting those he claims deceive the American People.
- The legal case hinges on whether Trump can establish "actual malice" by the BBC, as the court noted he must prove the broadcaster published statements knowing they were false.
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Trump BBC Lawsuit: $10B Case Advances
By Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News LONDON, ENGLAND — (November 10, 2026) — President Donald Trump scored a significant legal victory Tuesday when a federal judge refused to dismiss his multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against Britain's BBC. But the decision also leaves the president facing a potentially uncomfortable legal obligation: answering questions [...]
A US federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by the British broadcaster BBC to drop a multi-billion dollar defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, allowing the proceedings to continue.
Trump hails ‘huge victory’ after US judge rejects BBC bid to dismiss defamation case
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 — A federal judge allowed US President Donald Trump’s multi-billion-dollar defamation suit against the BBC to proceed yesterday, rejecting a bid by the British broadcaster to dismiss the case.Trump has accused the BBC of deceptively editing a documentary to make it seem as if he was inciting violence when he told supporters to march on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.He has sought at least US$5 billion (RM20.4 billion) each …
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