Donald Trump files $10bn lawsuit against the BBC
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Donald Trump has sued the BBC for $10bn over its editing of a speech by the US president in a television documentary, which he alleges was “fabricated” and defamatory.
Trump in a filing on Monday accused the UK public broadcaster of publishing “a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump” in a Panorama documentary that aired ahead of the 2024 US general election.
The president brought the lawsuit in his personal capacity in a federal court in Florida.
The BBC apologised to Trump last month over the documentary, which suggested he had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol building as lawmakers ratified his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election. But the broadcaster has rejected his demands for compensation.
Trump sued the BBC for one count of defamation and one count of violating Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, seeking at least $5bn in damages for each count.
The BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This is a developing story
