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Trump v the BBC: What's in the lawsuit and what could happen next?
Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10bn (£7.5bn) for defamation.
The US president's 33-page complaint relates to the broadcaster's editing of a speech he made on 6 January 2021, the day his supporters stormed the Capitol building. Initially, he had threatened to sue for $1bn, but the lawsuit filed in Florida on 16 December is for 10 times more than expected - and more than double the annual revenue raised by the BBC's licence fee in 2023-24.
Here we explain what the lawsuit claims, how the BBC has responded and what could happen next. What does the lawsuit claim? The US president is seeking damages of no less than $5bn (£3.7bn) under a defamation lawsuit.
Mr Trump has also sued for $5bn for alleged violation of a trade practices law. It names the BBC, BBC Studios Distribution and BBC Studios Production as defendants.
The lawsuit stems from an episode of the BBC's Panorama programme titled Trump: A Second Chance?, which was broadcast days before the 2024 US presidential election. The programme spliced together two sections of the president's speech into what appeared to be one quote.
Mr Trump's lawyers say the programme falsely portrayed the president as a "violent insurrectionist.
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