Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC over Panorama edit can proceed, judge rules

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Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC over Panorama edit can proceed, judge rules  A second claim brought under a Florida consumer protection law was thrown out, halving the original $10bn lawsuit to $5bn, but the US president has still hailed the ruling as “A Huge Victory”.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/11/11/trumps-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-bbc-over-panorama-edit-can-proceed-judge-rules  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00A U.S. judge has rejected the BBC's motion to dismiss Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster, allowing the

00:08case to proceed to trial.

00:09U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Contz on Tuesday denied the British broadcaster's attempt to have the defamation claim dismissed,

00:18although he, however, threw out a second claim which Trump had brought under Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

00:26The case centers on a BBC Panorama documentary that spliced together two separate parts of the speech Trump gave on

00:356 January 2021.

00:37The edit made it appear that Trump had explicitly urged his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

00:45Trump accuses the broadcaster of deceptively editing the program to make it look as though he was inciting violence.

00:53The BBC has since apologized for the edit, which led to the resignation of two top directors.

01:00However, it denies that the program caused Trump any real harm.

01:05Last month, a magistrate judge ordered Trump to give a deposition by 11 December and warned the U.S. president

01:12could face sanctions,

01:13including the possible dismissal of his lawsuit should he fail to attend.

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