{"id":62486,"date":"2026-11-11T00:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T00:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/u-s-judge-says-trumps-10-billion-bbc-defamation-case-can-proceed\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T00:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T00:42:41","slug":"u-s-judge-says-trumps-10-billion-bbc-defamation-case-can-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/u-s-judge-says-trumps-10-billion-bbc-defamation-case-can-proceed\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. judge says Trump\u2019s $10 billion BBC defamation case can proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House, after U.S. President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech, in London.
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A federal judge on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) said U.S. President Donald \u200bTrump\u2019s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC<\/i> over a \u200cmisleadingly edited clip of a speech can go forward, \u200bbut threw out Mr. Trump\u2019s unfair trade \u2060practices claim against the broadcaster.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump is suing Britain\u2019s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech \u200cthat made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, \u200c2021. The case is one of several \u200cMr. Trump \u2060has privately filed against the news media as \u2060part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage he dislikes.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Florida declined to throw out Mr. Trump\u2019s defamation \u200bclaim against the BBC<\/i>, \u200csaying Mr. Trump had plausibly alleged that the broadcaster damaged his reputation and knew or should have known the clip was misleading. Judge Kuntz\u2019s ruling did not decide \u200cwhether Mr. Trump has proven those claims.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump called the \u200bruling a \u201chuge victory\u201d in a social media post. \u201cWe will continue fighting against, and defeating, \u2060all of those who try to deceive the American People!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

The BBC<\/i> did not immediately respond to \u200ca request for comment.<\/p>\n

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

Mr. Trump\u2019s lawsuit, filed in December in Florida federal court, accuses the BBC<\/i> of defaming him by splicing together parts of the speech, including one \u200csection where he told supporters to march on the Capitol \u200band another where he said \u201cfight like hell\u201d. It omitted a section in which he called \u2060for peaceful protest.<\/p>\n

The edited speech appeared in a BBC<\/i> \u201cPanorama\u201d documentary show \u2060shortly before the 2024 presidential election, which Mr. Trump won. A leaked internal BBC<\/i> memo cited \u200cthe edits as evidence of potential political bias, sparking a public relations crisis for the broadcaster and \u200bleading to high-level resignations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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