- 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 A federal judge in Florida has allowed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the BBC to proceed, while dismissing a separate consumer protection lawsuit.
The lawsuit concerns a Panorama documentary that spliced together words from Trump's Jan. 6 speech, omitting his call for peaceful protest. The BBC admitted the editing was misleading and apologized, but denies liability for defamation.
Judge Jeffrey Koontz determined that Trump reasonably claimed damage to reputation and actual malice, emphasizing that he must prove his claims and damages. Trump celebrated the decision as a "huge victory", while the BBC said he remained confident of his position. The disclosure continues, with Trump ordering questions to be answered under oath by December 11.
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