{"id":56553,"date":"2025-12-16T11:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/trump-sues-bbc-for-10-billion-over-defamation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:14:04","slug":"trump-sues-bbc-for-10-billion-over-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-sues-bbc-for-10-billion-over-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sues BBC for $10\u202fbillion over defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lawsuit, filed on Monday in federal court in Miami, Florida, argues that the BBC manipulated footage of Trump\u2019s remarks in its flagship current affairs programme Panorama, which broadcast the segment in the run\u2011up to the November 2024 vote. Trump\u2019s legal team says the edits made it appear he urged supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol and \u201cfight like hell,\u201d while omitting key portions in which he called for peaceful protest. <\/p>\n

Trump is seeking $5\u202fbillion in damages for defamation and an additional $5\u202fbillion for alleged violations of Florida\u2019s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act bringing the total to $10\u202fbillion. The complaint accuses the BBC of publishing a \u201cfalse, defamatory\u2026 and malicious depiction of President Trump\u201d that could have influenced public perception during the election cycle.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, the BBC acknowledged that the documentary clips were edited in a way that gave the wrong impression, with BBC Chairman Samir Shah calling the episode an \u201cerror of judgment.\u201d However, the corporation has rejected the defamation claims and said it believes there is no legal basis for the lawsuit, even as its leadership faced intense scrutiny. <\/p>\n

The controversy triggered significant leadership changes at the broadcaster. Both the BBC\u2019s Director\u2011General Tim Davie and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, resigned following the revelations of editorial mishandling and internal criticism. <\/p>\n

This legal action is part of a broader pattern of Trump\u2019s disputes with major media outlets. Over the past year, he has taken legal action against several U.S. news organisations, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, over what he says are defamatory portrayals, though such cases often face significant legal hurdles. <\/p>\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump has filed an aggressive $10\u202fbillion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), accusing the publicly funded broadcaster of defamation and deceptive practices for the way it edited his January\u202f6, 2021, speech in a documentary that aired ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000099283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000099283,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ap25344776784714-1765414071.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ap25344776784714-1765414071.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ap25344776784714-1765414071.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ap25344776784714-1765414071.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ap25344776784714-1765414071.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ap25344776784714-1765414071.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000099283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56553"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56553"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}