A federal judge on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) said U.S. President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly edited clip of a speech can go forward, but threw out Mr. Trump’s unfair trade practices claim against the broadcaster.
Trump won. A leaked internal BBC memo cited the edits as evidence of potential political bias, sparking a public relations crisis for the broadcaster and leading to high-level resignations.
The edited speech appeared in a BBC “Panorama” documentary show shortly before the 2024 presidential election, which Mr.
Mr. The case is one of several Mr. Trump has privately filed against the news media as part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage he dislikes. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Florida declined to throw out Mr. Trump’s defamation claim against the BBC , saying Mr. Trump had plausibly alleged that the broadcaster damaged his reputation and knew or should have known the clip was misleading. Judge Kuntz’s ruling did not decide whether Mr. Trump has proven those claims. Mr. The BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump, though it denies being liable for defamation. Mr. It omitted a section in which he called for peaceful protest.
Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Trump called the ruling a “huge victory” in a social media post. “We will continue fighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!” he wrote. Trump’s lawsuit, filed in December in Florida federal court, accuses the BBC of defaming him by splicing together parts of the speech, including one section where he told supporters to march on the Capitol and another where he said “fight like hell”.
The BBC previously admitted the edits were misleading and apologised to Mr.
