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Trump's $10 Billion Lawsuit Against the BBC

A federal judge has set the date for the president's push to punish a news organization he dislikes, again.

Reem Ibrahim | 2.13.2026 4:36 PM

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A trial date has been set for President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC. On Thursday, Judge Roy K. Altman of the Southern District of Florida set a provisional start date of February 15, 2027, for a two-week trial. 

The lawsuit was filed following the release of an episode from Panorama, the BBC's investigative documentary series, titled "Trump: A Second Chance?" In it, the BBC cut together two parts of Trump's January 2021 speech to "Stop the Steal" protesters, right before they stormed the U.S. Capitol. The edit, taken from sections of Trump's speech that were almost an hour apart, gave the impression that he said, "We're going to walk down to the Capitol, and I'll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell."

Trump filed a 33-page complaint in December 2025, accusing the BBC of a "staggering breach of journalistic ethics." The suit claims "the BBC intentionally used the Panorama Documentary to maliciously, falsely, and defamatorily make it........

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