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Trump sues BBC

He seeks punitive damages of at least $10bn

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Joshua Rozenberg
Dec 16, 2025
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Donald Trump has filed a defamation claim against the BBC in the southern district of Florida over an edition of Panorama broadcast last year about a speech he made in 2021. You can read the full 33-page “complaint and demand for jury trial” here.

The US president is seeking an award of punitive damages, claiming that the BBC’s “defamatory statements con…

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