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BBC to file motion to dismiss Trump defamation lawsuit over Panorama edit
The BBC will take steps to have Donald Trump's lawsuit over a January 6 Panorama edit thrown out, court documents show.
The US president filed a defamation lawsuit over the broadcaster's editing of a speech he made in 2021, on the day his supporters stormed the Capitol building. Clips were spliced together from sections of the US president's speech to show him saying: "We're going to walk down to the Capitol...
and I'll be there with you. And we fight.
We fight like hell." It aired in the near-hour-long documentary Trump: A Second Chance?, which was broadcast by the BBC the week before the US election. The US president is seeking damages of $5bn (£3.7bn) under a defamation lawsuit.
He has also sued for $5bn for alleged violation of a trade practices law. Both lawsuits were filed in Florida.
The BBC will file a motion to dismiss the lawsuits, claiming the Florida court lacks "personal jurisdiction" over them, the court venue is "improper" and that Mr Trump has "failed to state a claim.
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