{"id":5495,"date":"2026-03-16T23:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/bbc-files-motion-asking-us-court-to-throw-out-trumps-10bn-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:36:21","slug":"bbc-files-motion-asking-us-court-to-throw-out-trumps-10bn-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/bbc-files-motion-asking-us-court-to-throw-out-trumps-10bn-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC files motion asking US court to throw out Trump\u2019s $10bn lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>US president sued BBC over the documentary \u2018Trump: A Second Chance?, seeking $5bn for defamation, $5bn for unfair trade practices.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has asked a court in Florida in the US to dismiss a $10bn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2025\/11\/13\/bbc-apologises-to-trump-over-documentary-rejects-defamation-claim\">defamation lawsuit<\/a> brought by United States President Donald Trump over the editing of one of his speeches, warning that the case could have a \u201cchilling effect\u201d on reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The British national broadcaster said on Monday that the case, which relates to an edit of Trump\u2019s 2021 speech ahead of the attack on the US Capitol in Washington by a crowd of his supporters, should be dismissed given the potential impact of the \u201cexpensive yet groundless litigation\u201d on \u201cfree speech\u201d.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/25\/bbc-orders-quick-investigation-into-bafta-broadcast-slur\">BBC orders quick investigation into BAFTA broadcast slur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/23\/bbc-criticised-for-nixing-free-palestine-tribute-from-bafta-coverage\">BBC criticised for nixing \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 tribute from BAFTA coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/16\/trump-sues-bbc-for-10bn-over-edited-2021-capitol-riot-speech\">Trump sues BBC for $10bn over edited 2021 US Capitol riot speech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The broadcaster\u2019s 34-page filing also challenged the jurisdiction of the federal court for the Southern District of Florida, where Trump lodged his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/16\/trump-sues-bbc-for-10bn-over-edited-2021-capitol-riot-speech\">lawsuit<\/a>, arguing that the documentary, titled Trump: A Second Chance?, never aired in Florida or the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the broadcaster also argued that the US president could not \u201cplausibly claim\u201d that the documentary, which aired shortly before the presidential election in 2024 that secured him a second term in office, had \u201charmed his reputation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s case, they said, fell \u201cwell short of the high bar of actual malice\u201d \u2013 a key legal requirement in defamation suits.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has apologised for the edit, which spliced together two separate sections of Trump\u2019s speech on January 6, 2021, making it appear that he had explicitly urged supporters to attack the US Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Trump filed his lawsuit in December, seeking $5bn in damages for defamation and a further $5bn for violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a \u201cfalse, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction\u201d of him, calling it \u201ca brazen attempt to interfere in and influence\u201d the 2024 US presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The furore triggered the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/10\/why-have-bbc-bosses-resigned-over-a-trump-speech-edit\">resignations<\/a> of BBC Director General Tim Davie and Director of News Deborah Turness last year.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster claimed that \u201cthe chilling effect is clear\u201d, given that Trump was \u201camong the most powerful and high-profile individuals in the world, on whose activities the BBC reports every day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida court has provisionally set a trial date\u00a0for February 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president sued BBC over the documentary \u2018Trump: A Second Chance?, seeking $5bn for defamation, $5bn for unfair trade practices. 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