Overview
- The 46-page complaint was lodged in federal court in Miami and seeks $5 billion for defamation plus $5 billion under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
- Trump alleges the program spliced excerpts nearly an hour apart to suggest he urged supporters to march and fight while omitting his calls for peaceful protest.
- The segment aired days before the 2024 U.S. election in the Panorama documentary titled “Trump: A Second Chance?”.
- Trump told reporters the BBC "put words in my mouth" and suggested the broadcaster may have used artificial intelligence to alter his remarks.
- The BBC apologized in November, its chairman called the edit an error of judgment, and the director-general and head of news resigned; the corporation has not commented on the new lawsuit and previously rejected compensation.