{"id":13120,"date":"2026-11-11T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T16:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=13120"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T16:09:53","slug":"huge-victory-federal-judge-refuses-to-toss-trumps-10b-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/government\/huge-victory-federal-judge-refuses-to-toss-trumps-10b-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-bbc\/phouck\/2026\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"‘HUGE VICTORY’: Federal Judge Refuses To Toss Trump’s $10B Defamation Lawsuit Against The BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2014 President Donald Trump scored a major courtroom triumph<\/a> on Tuesday after a federal judge rejected the BBC\u2019s attempt to throw out his $10 billion defamation lawsuit over a deceptively edited documentary quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz ruled that Trump\u2019s legal team had plausibly alleged the British broadcaster acted with \u201cactual malice\u201d when it spliced together footage from his Jan. 6, 2021, speech \u2014 combining two remarks delivered nearly an hour apart to make it appear as though he explicitly incited violence at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Not Trimming Around The Edges\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The core dispute centers on an episode of the BBC\u2019s \u201cPanorama\u201d series. Editors stitched together Trump\u2019s call to march to the Capitol with his statement urging supporters to \u201cfight like hell,\u201d while entirely cutting out the passage where he told the crowd to \u201cpeacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the BBC previously issued an apology acknowledging the edit was misleading \u2014 an embarrassment that triggered the high-profile resignations of Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness \u2014 the broadcaster maintained that the error did not meet the legal bar for defamation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Kuntz delivered a stinging rebuke of that defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBBC tries to frame this editing as ordinary editing done to condense a seventy-minute-long speech into twelve seconds. But the Court is not persuaded,\u201d<\/strong> Kuntz wrote in his order. \u201cThis was not trimming around the edges but creating something different than what was stated in the speech.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A Victory Against Fake News\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday evening to celebrate the ruling, highlighting the judge\u2019s determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA Huge Victory against Fake News BBC,\u201d<\/strong> Trump declared. \u201cWe will continue fighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

While Judge Kuntz dismissed the second count of the lawsuit brought under Florida\u2019s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act \u2014 ruling the documentary did not constitute commercial speech \u2014 he left the defamation claim fully intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch: How the ruling could affect Trump\u2019s legal battle with the BBC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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