President Trump’s defamation lawsuit will proceed after a ruling from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz. The President said of the decision, “A Huge Victory against Fake News BBC, a terrible abuser of the truth, just handed down by highly respected District Court Judge, Jeffrey T. Kuntz, of the Southern District of Florida.”
The judge ruled, “This was not trimming around the edges but creating something different than what was stated in the speech. BBC also had the entire speech available to them for nearly three years by the time of the Documentary. Here, the news entity created the story.”
Trump Scores Major Court Victory as Judge Lets $10 Billion BBC Defamation Suit Proceed– slaynews.com
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President Donald Trump has scored a major court victory after a federal judge allowed his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC to proceed over the broadcaster’s editing of his January 6, 2021, speech.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz ruled that Trump had sufficiently alleged defamation in his lawsuit over a 2024 BBC “Panorama” documentary.
The BBC had edited together separate portions of his speech to create the appearance that he made a statement he never made.
“A Huge Victory against Fake News BBC, a terrible abuser of the truth, just handed down by highly respected District Court Judge, Jeffrey T. Kuntz, of the Southern District of Florida,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
