US President Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.
Trump accused the broadcaster of defamation and of violating a trade practices law, according to court documents filed in Florida.
The BBC apologised to Trump in November, but rejected his demands for compensation and disagreed there was any “basis for a defamation claim”.
Trump’s legal team accused the BBC of defaming him by “intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively doctoring his speech”.
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Robert Schornack: Stated that Trump “asked us to come” and that he felt obligated after everything Trump had done.
Robert Palmer wrote in a letter from prison that supporters were lied to by the then-sitting president, whose rhetoric created the chaos of that day.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s January 2025 report similarly addressed Trump’s efforts to retain power and his role in the events leading to the Capitol breach.
Shamansky claimed that Giuliani incited rioters by encouraging them to engage in “trial by combat” and that Trump provoked the mob by saying that “if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
Dreher told jurors that neither Trump nor Giuliani had the authority to “make legal” what Thompson did at the Capitol.
Trump) didn’t force you to go. He didn’t force you to walk every step of the way to the Capitol building, did he?” Dreher asked Thompson on Wednesday.
“No,” Thompson said.
“You chose to do that?” Dreher asked.
“I was following presidential orders, but yes,” Thompson said.
That evening, Trump celebrated and justified his mob’s violence, tweeting “These are the things and events that happen” when a so-called election victory is “unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots. … Remember this day forever!”
Days earlier, Mr. Trump had told his supporters to descend on Washington on Jan. 6 for a “protest” that he promised would “be wild.”
America has seen what the BBC’s lack of interest and support has done to their own citizens just like MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC and PBS.
American here: Giving in right away will not silence criticism from Trump’s base, but it will increase criticism from the other end for giving in and causing a chilling effect. Then, in the long run, you have criticism from both ends. Theoretically not much can be done if you don’t pay it; unlike tech giants who have regional offices in other countries, you don’t and paying it is like letting him just wander over your borders unwelcome. This is intimidation- don’t give in
Whole article and they didn’t show the speech? Not the phony one, not the real one. I call that bias.