US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, seeks "damages in an amount not less than $5,000,000,000" for each of two counts against the British broadcaster, for alleged defamation and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Mr Trump had said earlier that the lawsuit was imminent, claiming the BBC had "put words in my mouth," even positing that "they used AI or something."
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US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC over edited clips of his January 6, 2021 speech, Reuters reported.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the news agency, Trump's lawsuit says the BBC defamed him and violated a Florida law that bars deceptive and unfair trade practices. Trump is seeking $5 billion in damages for each of the two counts.
Notably, he has sued media outlets before, including CNN, ABC News, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
On January 6, 2021, supporters of then-US President Trump stormed into the Congress in a bid to stop lawmakers from certifying Democratic candidate Joe Biden's victory.
The BBC was at the center of a scandal over a program in which reporters spliced two parts of one of Trump's speeches together so he appeared to be encouraging the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021, although in fact he was talking about the need to protest peacefully.