Judge Allows Trump’s $10,000,000,000 Defamation Lawsuit Against BBC to Proceed

A federal judge is allowing President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC to move forward over an edited clip of his January 6th speech.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Florida denied the BBC’s motion to dismiss the defamation per se claim but granted dismissal of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act count, reports NBC News.

The lawsuit centers on a spliced segment from Trump’s January 6th, 2021, speech that combined three quotes from two sections and delivered almost an hour apart into what appeared to be one quote in which Trump urged supporters to march with him and “fight like hell.

The parts left out included a section where Trump said he urged supporters to demonstrate peacefully. The edited speech aired in a BBC “Panorama” documentary shortly before Trump won the 2024 presidential election. A leaked internal BBC memo pointed to the edits as evidence of possible political bias, triggering a public relations crisis and prompting the resignations of senior executives.

President Donald Trump called the ruling a “huge victory” and wrote on social media, “We will continue fighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!”

The BBC had admitted the edit created a mistaken impression and apologized to Trump, but it denies being liable for defamation

A BBC spokesperson said the broadcaster was surprised by the decision but respects the court’s authority and remains confident in its position.