The BBC asked a judge in Florida to dismiss President Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the way a speech of his was edited in a documentary.
The original complaint, filed in December in the Southern District of Florida, centered around the way sections of a speech Trump gave on Jan. 6, 2021, the, which aired before the 2024 election. Trump accused the BBC of falsely and internally making it seem as if he’d “fomented violence” among his supporters with his speech.
The episode spliced together sections of Trump’s speech taken from almost an hour apart. The clips found Trump saying, “we’re going to walk down to the Capitol,” “and I’ll be there with you,” and “we fight, we fight like hell, if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore.” Last fall, as Trump was threatening litigation , the BBC did issue an apology saying it “sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited.” However, the broadcaster maintained that the edited footage did not form the basis for a defamation case., the BBC reiterated its stance. They said Trump’s claims fell “well short of the high bar of actual malice,” nor do they suggest that the BBC “knowingly intended to create a false impression.” They stated that Trump “cannot plausibly claim the documentary harmed his reputation” either because he went on to win the 2024 election . Furthermore, the BBC said that the message conveyed by the edited clip was exactly the same one many Trump’s supporters took from his Jan. 6 speech as a whole. “Indeed, nothing better reflects how President Trump’s supporters understood his remarks than their own statements, and over 100 defendants charged with offenses related to January 6 told the courts that they interpreted President Trump’s remarks as a call to action,” the motion reads.Additionally, the BBC’s lawyers called for a dismissal on jurisdictional grounds, arguing that Trump can’t sue the BBC in Florida for a documentary made in London that never officially aired in the United States. While Trump’s lawyers claimed voters in Florida could’ve seen theepisode on BritBox , the BBC countered that it “did not distribute the Documentary” on either BritBox or its website. , a spokesman for Trump’s legal team said, “The BBC is liable to President Trump for intentionally and maliciously defaming him by distorting and manipulating his speech. No amount of attempted legal maneuvers can change that fact. President Trump will continue to hold accountable the BBC and all those who traffic in fake news.”Jack Black to Host 'SNL' With Musical Guest Jack WhiteOscars In Memoriam Excludes James Van Der Beek, Eric Dane, Brigitte Bardot, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and MoreInside the Oscars: Execs Explain In Memoriam Omissions, Playing Off ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Winners and Bringing Back Conan O’Brien as Host
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