President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (“BBC”), alleging the broadcaster deceptively edited clips from his 6 January 2021 speech to make it appear he incited violence during the Capitol riot.
The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, claims the BBC intentionally and maliciously spliced together segments of his speech – separated by over 54 minutes – to falsely suggest he urged supporters to march on the Capitol and “fight like hell.”
The BBC has acknowledged the editing was an “error of judgment” and apologised. It maintains there is no legal basis for a defamation claim and says it “will be defending this case.”
The Guardian reported that “in a complaint filed on Monday evening [15 December], Trump sought $5bn in damages each on two counts: alleging that the BBC defamed him, and that violated Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.” $5 billion for each count makes it a total of $10 billion (£7.4 billion).
A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team said, “The BBC has a long pattern of deceiving its audience in coverage of President Trump, all in service of its own leftist political agenda. President Trump’s powerhouse lawsuit is holding the BBC accountable for its defamation and reckless election interference just as he has held other fake news mainstream media responsible for their wrongdoing.”
Note from Rhoda Wilson: With all the scandals surrounding the BBC and its staff, and with the prevalence of activist journalism on display, particularly since 2020, which has led to untold harm and deaths worldwide, I don’t believe the BBC can be reformed, or trust in its reporting regained.
The BBC is a black hole that sucks up TV licence fees to enable it to spread misinformation, disinformation and lies. Since the organisation refuses to correct its ways and it is now apparent that it will never do so, the only solutions seem to be to either shut down the BBC or let it burn to the ground, metaphorically speaking. As no one who is able dares to shut the BBC down, the latter appears to be the only option. Once that has happened, staff should be held personally responsible for the role they played in intentionally and consistently spreading disinformation about covid, covid vaccines, climate change and more for years
If you don’t want to fund the legal claims against the BBC, then stop funding the BBC. Stop paying your TV licence.
Further reading:
- Trump sues BBC for billions, Politico, 16 December 2025
- Donald Trump sues BBC for $10bn, The Telegraph, 15 December 2025
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Yes, GO TRUMP! BRING IT ON!
Its corrupt to the core.
Great news! Good for liars and cheats media! I hope President Trump will sue each and every one of them with no exception whatsoever.
I hope Trump sues the ABC as well
Not only stop paying , start a class action to retrieve some fees on the basis that the BBC has set in place an implied contract saying it will provide to the best of it’s ability truthful news and forced you to pay for it. This is impossble ,really ,so we accept what is! But here is a blatant breach of contract and at the least a refund retrospective to the breach should be lawfully imposed . Such law breaking should not be rewarded by silence alone!
Yes i agree, i stopped paying about 10 yrs ago, but what did it for me was the BBC reporting the so called building 7 being bombed, (flattened) while it was still standing. I didn’t stop paying straight away, I was afraid of the knock at the door from the goons chasing payments.(they are still chasing me but waste your time as much as you like) I ain’t paying, so well said Mr Taylor.
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He should sue the View too.
Godspeed, Trump!!
Just one of many hundreds of thousands of “errors of judgement” the BBC has committed over the decades. If Trump has a case, can you imagine the extent of the case Putin would have against them, for the outright lies they’ve told about him over the years.(for those of you now screaming “Putin apologist”, I can only assume your opinion of him has been formed by the BBC)
The fact that people literally pay for the priviledge of getting fed propaganda has never ceased to amaze me.
Having followed actively since 2020 the top 12 Specialists for 5 years who have been alarmed by the VAXX and forecast a Holocaust in deaths in 2025, which may not have yet occurred but inevitably will as of the findings of the two Pathologists who performed autopsies and found horrifying necrosis in artery and blood cells! The warnings have been clearly stated over the years since this evil was first perpetrated! Let this be a warning since 1963 immunisations on babies have clearly led to AUTISM, DYSLEXIA, AND ADHD! In the days before this outrageous Onslot on our children began including my youngest son in 1963 who is dyslectic but overcome it! THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS AUTISM, DYSLEXIA OR ADHD! we who lived in those times and have discussed it there was no child in our schools or friends that suffered those and DOCTORS PRACTICING TODAY WERE TOO YOUNG TO BE PRACTISING OVER 60 YEARS AGO SO THEY ARE WRONG TO SAY IT HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED, IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE 1963!! Our IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH IT’S INTERFERONS TO FIGHT DISEASE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY SHEER STUPIDITY AND WANTONESS BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND THE MEDICAL BOARDS! Keep Needles away from your children!
Totally agree well said Cynthia.