The lawsuit concerns the television programme “Panorama”, in which a well-known speech by Donald Trump from January 6, 2021, was cut into a single segment. Critics believe the editing gave the impression that Trump was urging his supporters to storm Congress.
The edit did not go down well with the president, who chose to sue the BBC for a total of ten billion dollars, including for defamation. The BBC asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed, but the court has now rejected that request.
Donald Trump called the decision “a big victory” on Truth Social.
However, the judge dismissed another part of the billion-dollar lawsuit, in which the BBC is accused of violating a consumer protection law in Florida.
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