Overview
- Multiple U.S. outlets report that a complaint has been lodged in a Florida court, advancing a case Trump announced in recent days.
- Trump is seeking up to $5 billion in damages over what he calls a defamatory portrayal.
- The suit centers on a BBC program aired a week before the 2024 election that spliced segments of his Jan. 6, 2021 remarks in a way he says implied he urged violence.
- The BBC acknowledged the edit could suggest a continuous passage, apologized, and halted further broadcasts of the segment but declined to pay compensation.
- BBC director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned following Trump’s complaint, while disputing his allegations about the program’s content.