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Trump sues BBC for $5 billion, claims defamation from Panorama documentary
Trump alleges BBC edited his Jan. 6 speech to distort his message and seeks $5 billion for defamation and violations of Florida trade laws.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump announced he planned to file suit against the British Broadcasting Corporation within days, saying `They had me saying things that I never said.`
- The dispute stems from a Panorama episode that spliced parts of Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech at the Ellipse, Washington, D.C., into a 12-second clip, omitting peaceful calls, and premiered on October 28, 2024.
- The BBC apologised and said its edit gave the mistaken impression of a direct call for violent action, agreed never to re-air the segment, and the leaked report prompted resignations of Tim Davie, director-general, and Deborah Turness, head of news.
- Trump’s legal team has threatened to sue for between one billion and five billion dollars, with U.K. statute of limitations time-barred, making U.S. courts the likely venue amid jurisdictional hurdles.
- Media-Law experts caution that U.S. defamation claims face steep hurdles, with Mark Stephens CBE saying a libel trial would scrutinize Trump’s January 6 conduct and BBC internal reviews.
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Donald Trump filed a complaint against the BBC, accusing him of manipulating his remarks in a video montage. ...
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For the misleading editing of his January 6 speech used in a documentary (ANSA)
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