Donald Trump seeks $10bn in defamation suit against BBC over edited January 6 speech
According to reports, US President Donald Trump confirmed at the Oval Office on Monday that he had filed a lawsuit, seeking $5 billion in damages on two counts
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Published: Dec 16, 2025 9:30 AM | 1 min read
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US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the BBC, seeking up to $10 billion in damages over the broadcaster’s editing of his January 6 speech to supporters in Washington, just before they stormed the US Capitol.
Trump alleged that the BBC “intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively” edited his speech in an episode of Panorama aired over a year ago.
Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office on Monday, Trump confirmed he had filed the lawsuit, seeking $5 billion in damages on two counts: one for defamation and the other for allegedly violating Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, The Guardian reported.
The edited segment, which combined parts of his speech that were almost an hour apart, suggested Trump told the crowd: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell.”
While the BBC has not commented on the lawsuit, it previously called the editing an “error of judgment” and apologised to Trump.
As per the reports, the disputed clip, aired in a Panorama episode just before the 2024 US presidential election, sparked one of the BBC’s biggest crises and led to the resignations of Tim Davie (Director General of the BBC) and Deborah Turness (CEO of the BBC News).
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