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donald trump A claim of $10 billion has been filed defamation case against BBC Above Edited speech of January 6, 2021 broadcast by panorama This created a crisis for the broadcaster.
In a lawsuit filed late Monday in a federal court in Miami, President Trump accused the BBC of defaming him and violating Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, according to multiple outlets. Mr Trump is demanding $5 billion for each crime.
in a statement to new York TimesThe president’s legal team said the lawsuit was designed to hold the British network accountable for wrongdoing.
The statement reportedly said, “The previously respected and now discredited BBC deliberately, maliciously and misleadingly defamed President Trump in a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.”
I was talking to journalists Washington DC Earlier on Monday, the US president accused the BBC of “putting horrible words into my mouth that I did not say” and suggested they “may have used AI”.
The show, which aired just a week before the 2024 US election results, is accused of misleading viewers by editing a speech given by Mr Trump on January 6, 2021.
It linked two separate clips, giving the impression that Mr Trump had instructed the crowd: “We’re walking to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”
Controversy, first surfaced Wire Last month, led Resignation of BBC Director General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turneys.
The President said: “In a little while, you’ll see me suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. Literally, they put words in my mouth. They made me say things I never said.”
“They actually made me say words I never said, and they got caught because I believe someone at the BBC said it was so bad, it should be reported. Let’s call [it] Fake news.”
The threat of legal action arose after the leak of a document written by Michael Prescott, a former independent external adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee.
The report alleged multiple instances of bias, including tampering panorama case.
BBC chairman Samir Shah apologized for the “error in judgement”, but said there was no basis for the defamation case.
In an email to staff, Mr Shah said: “Much is being written, said and speculated about the possibility of legal action, including potential costs or settlements.
“In all this we are, of course, deeply aware of the privilege of our funding and the need to protect our license fee payers, the British public.
“I want to be absolutely clear with you – our position has not changed. The defamation case has no merit and we are determined to fight it.”
In a legal filing from November, Mr Trump’s lawyers wrote: “Because of their salacious nature, the fabricated statements broadcast by the BBC have been widely disseminated across various digital mediums, reaching millions of people around the world.
“As a result, the BBC has caused enormous financial and reputational damage to President Trump.”
Mr Trump has a history of suing news outlets in the US and is currently engaged in legal action new York Times and this Wall Street Journal.
In September, he filed a $15 billion libel and defamation suit new York TimesIt has been called one of the most “degenerate newspapers”. We, A few days later the newspaper published an article about him Alleged relationship with a convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In July, he initiated legal action against wall street journal It then first reported the existence of a note bearing Mr Trump’s signature that was allegedly given to Epstein for his birthday.
Previous lawsuits against ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos as well as the CBS news program 60 minutes Its interviews with Kamala Harris were set at $15 million and $16 million, respectively.