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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