Judge denies motion to dismiss Trump's defamation case against BBC

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A U.S. federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss President Trump's defamation case against the BBC, allowing the case to proceed.

A U.S. federal judge denied a motion on Tuesday to dismiss President Trump's defamation case against the BBC, allowing the case to proceed.

In December 2025, Mr. Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, the U.K.'s public broadcaster, over a documentary that featured edited parts of the speech he delivered on Jan. 6, 2021, as his supporters massed around the U.S. Capitol in what would become an assault on the heart of the government.

In the lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, attorneys for Mr. Trump accuse the BBC of publishing a "false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory and malicious depiction" of him in an episode of the network's "Panorama" program, which aired a week before the 2024 election.

The case alleges the BBC "intentionally and maliciously sought to fully mislead its viewers" by "splicing together" two clips of the same speech Mr. Trump gave to supporters before the riots began. The president's legal team claims the two clips were 55 minutes apart and the edit omitted "his statement calling for peace."

On Tuesday, Judge Jeffrey Kuntz denied the BBC's motion to dismiss the defamation case, effectively allowing it to proceed.

"Whether President Trump can prove these claims and establish he sustained damages at summary judgment or trial is left for another day," Kuntz wrote in his decision.

Mr. Trump hailed the decision as "A Huge Victory against Fake News BBC, a terrible abuser of the truth," in a post on his Truth Social platform.

A spokesperson for the BBC, quoted by the network's news division, said: "We are surprised by this decision but respect the Court's authority and note the case will now proceed to the next stage."

"We remain confident in our position and will continue to respond through the proper legal process," the spokesperson added.

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