Trump files $10B defamation lawsuit against BBC over Jan. 6 clips

President Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion in damages, alleging in a lawsuit that the British public broadcaster defamed him in a 2024 documentary by deceptively editing portions his Jan. 6 speech.

The BBC has said it will defend itself against a $10 billion lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump on Monday, which alleges the British public broadcaster defamed him in a documentary before last year's presidential election by deceptively editing parts of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech.

In a brief statement, the BBC said it would fight the lawsuit, raising the possibility of a legal battle over whether the edit of the speech caused harm to the president's reputation.

"As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case. We are not going to make further comment on ongoing legal proceedings," a BBC spokesperson said, according to the Reuters news agency.

In a 33-page complaint, Trump's attorneys asked a federal court in Miami for a jury trial and alleged a BBC documentary that aired a week before the 2024 presidential election was “a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence the Election’s outcome to President Trump’s detriment.”

The BBC, BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. and BBC Studios Productions Ltd. — co-producers of the “Trump: A Second Chance” documentary — are named as defendants.