Trump sues BBC for $10bn in defamation lawsuit over documentary speech edit

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Trump sues BBC for $10bn in defamation lawsuit over documentary speech edit  The lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a "false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump," calling it an attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/16/trump-sues-bbc-for-10-billion-in-defamation-lawsuit-over-edited-documentary  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC,

00:07accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.

00:14It comes after Trump sent a letter last month threatening to sue over the editing over an

00:19edition of the BBC's flagship current affairs program Panorama, in which two separate parts

00:24of a speech he held on January 6, 2021, were spliced together. The lawsuit also accused the

00:31episode, which aired days before the 2024 presidential election, of election interference.

00:36They had me saying things that I never said coming out. I guess they used AI or something.

00:42So we'll be bringing that lawsuit. A lot of people are asking, when are you bringing that lawsuit?

00:46Even the media can't believe that one. They actually put terrible words in my mouth having

00:52to do with January 6 that I didn't say. And the beautiful words that I said, right? The beautiful

00:59words, talking about patriotism and all of the good things that I said, they didn't say that,

01:06but they put terrible words. The BBC had apologized last month to Trump over the edit of the speech,

01:13but rejected claims it had defamed him. The lawsuit was filed in Florida as deadlines to bring the case

01:18in British courts expired more than a year ago. Legal experts have brought up potential challenges

01:23to a case in the US, given that the documentary was not shown in the country.

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