From CBS News: President Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC on Monday over a documentary that spliced parts of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the Ellipse.
The suit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, includes one count of defamation and one count of violating a Florida trade practices law. Mr. Trump’s legal team asked for $5 billion in damages for each count, for a total of $10 billion.
In a 33-page complaint, attorneys for Mr. Trump accused the BBC of publishing a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction” of him in a BBC “Panorama” documentary that aired in the U.K. a week before the 2024 election. One portion of the documentary focused on Mr. Trump’s words and actions leading up to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
The lawsuit alleges the BBC misled viewers by splicing two clips of Trump’s speech, omitting his call for peace.
The BBC “intentionally and maliciously sought to fully mislead its viewers” by “splicing together” two clips of the same speech, the lawsuit alleges. The two clips, 55 minutes apart, did not include “his statement calling for peace,” the legal team claimed.
In the clip below, Trump comments on the lawsuit before it is filed.
BREAKING: Trump CONFIRMS he will be filing a lawsuit against the BBC “probably this afternoon/tomorrow morning”.
I want Trump to financially destroy the BBC so comprehensively that it can’t survive in its current form.
Absolutely wonderful news.
Trump is NOT backing down! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/IChmqJ50bF— Lee Harris (@LeeHarris) December 15, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has officially filed a $10 BILLION lawsuit against BBC for their deceptive edit of his speech, which was intended to look like he was calling for vioIence on J6
BANKRUPT that foreign fake news rag, 47!
An example MUST be set! 🇺🇸🔥 pic.twitter.com/deAS2uL4mh
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 16, 2025
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