A security guard stands guard outside BBC Broadcasting House after Director General of BBC Tim Davie and Chief Executive of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, in London, Britain, November 11, 2025. <\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump<\/a> filed a defamation lawsuit<\/a> against the BBC<\/a> in Miami federal court on Monday night, seeking at least $5 billion in damages.<\/p>\n The civil complaint accuses the British Broadcasting Corporation of producing a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump” in a Panorama documentary aired one week before the 2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump’s suit alleges the documentary was produced as part of “a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence the Election’s outcome to President Trump’s detriment.”<\/p>\n The suit notes that the documentary, titled “Trump: A Second Chance,” was edited to make it appear that during his Jan. 6, 2021, speech outside the White House, Trump had explicitly urged his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n “The Panorama Documentary falsely depicted President Trump telling supporters: ‘We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,’ ” the suit says. “President Trump never uttered this sequence of words.”<\/p>\n In fact, the suit says, the sentence containing the words “And we fight” was uttered by Trump nearly 55 minutes after he said the words “I’ll be there with you.”<\/p>\n BBC Chair Samir Shah recently apologized for an “error of judgment” over the edit, and the broadcaster’s director general and head of news both resigned.<\/p>\n CNBC has requested comment from the BBC on Trump’s suit.<\/p>\n The BBC apologized to Trump on Nov. 13 and promised not to air the documentary again or show it on any of its platforms.<\/p>\n “While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” the broadcaster said in a statement on Nov. 13<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more CNBC politics coverageTrump sues BBC for $5 billion, claims defamation from Panorama documentary<\/a>Pentagon takes big stake in new Korea Zinc refinery in Tenn., gets 10% of company<\/a>New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says<\/a>Former Instacart employee says she was fired over her Democratic congressional campaign<\/a>Ukraine peace talks progressing, Russia open to EU membership, U.S. officials say<\/a>New York AG sues UPS for allegedly shorting Christmas season workers’ wages<\/a>Trump admin to hire 1,000 specialists for ‘Tech Force’<\/a>Trump doubles down on Rob Reiner criticism after killing; director’s son in custody<\/a>TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT<\/a>Trump’s AI order may be ‘illegal,’ Democrats and consumer advocacy groups claim<\/a>Trump sued by preservation group seeking to halt White House ballroom project<\/a>Trump says ‘no big deal’ after new Epstein photos showing him released<\/a>Putin can fund war for years, ex-official says as Trump’s resolve is tested<\/a>Indiana redistricting bill that Trump demanded defeated in state Senate<\/a>House passes INVEST Act to ease investment standards, boost capital in markets<\/a>DOJ fails again to indict New York AG James, a Trump target: Reports<\/a>Trump ‘sells out’ U.S. national security with Nvidia chip sales to China: Warren<\/a>Trump pushes for top prosecutor nominee Halligan after Comey, James cases tossed<\/a>Trump willing to seize more oil tankers off Venezuela coast: White House<\/a>Seized tanker will go to U.S. port, Trump admin intends ‘to seize the oil’<\/a>GOP lawmakers seek Trump aid for agricultural equipment after tariff pressure<\/a>Trump says Fed could have ‘at least doubled’ latest interest rate cut<\/a>‘Spoof’ ship: Seized oil tanker hid location, visited Iran and Venezuela<\/a>Trump admin touts pulling 9,500 truckers off road for failing English tests<\/a>Swiss government says new 15% U.S. tariff ceiling retroactive to mid-November<\/a>Homeland Security Dept. buying Boeing 737s for ICE deportations<\/a>Trump officials move to end student loan payment pause for millions of borrowers<\/a>Judge unseals Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials, citing Epstein files act<\/a>Ukraine at ‘critical moment’ in war as European allies ramp up pressure on Russia<\/a>Democrats establish AI working group as industry bolsters DC presence<\/a>Ex-Trump lawyer Habba resigns as NJ U.S. attorney after disqualification<\/a><\/p>\n Trump earlier Monday told reporters at the White House that the lawsuit would soon be filed.<\/p>\n “In a little while, you’ll be seeing I’m suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth,” Trump said. “Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out.”<\/p>\n The suit alleges that “concerns about the Panorama Documentary were raised internally before its dissemination, but the BBC ignored those concerns and did not take corrective action.”<\/p>\n The complaint also said the documentary “is part of the BBC’s longstanding pattern of manipulating President Trump’s speeches and presenting content in a misleading manner in order to defame him, including fabricating calls for violence that he never made.”<\/p>\n The suit is the latest in a series of defamation complaints that the notoriously litigious president has filed against media outlets.<\/p>\n Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times i<\/a>n September, accusing the newspaper of being a “mouthpiece” for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n In July, Trump filed a lawsuit seeking $10 billion in damages from media baron Rupert Murdoch<\/a> and the publisher of The Wall Street Journal over that newspaper’s report that Trump sent his then-friend Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> a “bawdy” letter for Epstein’s 50th birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump denies sending or authoring that letter, which was among the documents that the notorious sex offender Epstein’s estate has since turned over to a congressional committee.<\/p>\n Trump sued CBS for $20 billion in October 2024 over what he alleged was deceptive editing of an interview that his then-election opponent Kamala Harris gave to “60 Minutes.”<\/p>\n CBS’ parent, Paramount Skydance<\/a>, in July agreed to pay $16 million<\/a> to settle the lawsuit, with the money allocated to Trump’s future presidential library. The payment came weeks before the Federal Communications Commission, which is led by a Trump appointee, approved Paramount’s plan for an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media.<\/p>\n ABC in December 2024 agreed to pay $15 million toward Trump’s library to settle a defamation lawsuit related to anchor George Stephanopoulos inaccurately describing the civil jury verdict in a lawsuit against Trump by the writer E. 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