"President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a "false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump," calling it "a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence" the 2024 U.S. presidential election."
"The BBC had broadcast the hourlong documentary - titled "Trump: A Second Chance?" - days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. It spliced together three quotes from two sections of the 2021 speech, 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." Among the parts cut out was a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully."
President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in Florida seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, alleging defamation and deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page complaint contends the BBC broadcast a "false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction" of Trump and intentionally misrepresented his January 6, 2021 speech by splicing separate sections together. The suit demands $5 billion for defamation and $5 billion for unfair trade practices. The BBC apologized for the edit, called an error of judgment, and saw top executives resign, while rejecting claims of defamation. The contested documentary aired days before the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
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