RT International The US president accused the British state broadcaster of defamation and attempting to influence the 2024 election
The BBC has asked an American court to throw out a lawsuit filed against it by US President Donald Trump. The British state broadcaster argued that its documentary featuring an edited speech Trump delivered during the Capitol Hill riots in 2021 did not harm his reputation enough to warrant a $10 billion defamation case.
The documentary, aired just before the US election in November 2024, spliced excerpts from Trump’s speech to create the impression that he was inciting the January 6 riot by telling supporters he would join them to “fight like hell” at the Capitol. The BBC says it did not tarnish Trump’s reputation enough since he was reelected.
The US president “cannot plausibly claim that the documentary harmed his reputation” as he won the election after its release, the broadcaster’s lawyers argued in a 34-page document submitted to the federal court for the Southern District of Florida. They also maintained that the case should be thrown out since the documentary never aired in the US on the BBC.
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