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Trump sues BBC for $10 billion over Jan. 6 edit

8/24/2026

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Trump Sues BBC

U.S. President Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion, alleging defamation over an edited Jan 6, 2021 speech.
The December filing says the BBC spliced two separate passages of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan 6 address.
BBC apologized and denied defamation while seeking subpoenas for Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers argue the subpoenas are politically driven leverage and should be denied as overbroad.

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Trump Sues BBC

U.S. President Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion, alleging defamation over an edited Jan 6, 2021 speech.
The December filing says the BBC spliced two separate passages of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan 6 address.
BBC apologized and denied defamation while seeking subpoenas for Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers argue the subpoenas are politically driven leverage and should be denied as overbroad.

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