US judge says Trump’s $10B BBC defamation case can proceed

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A federal judge on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly ​edited clip of a speech can go forward, but threw out ‌Trump’s unfair trade practices claim against the broadcaster.

Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters ​to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The case is ​one of several Trump has filed against the news media as ⁠part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage he dislikes.

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