Trump launches $10bn defamation lawsuit against BBC over doctored Panorama speech

The legal action, filed in the Southern District of Florida, contains one count of defamation and one count of violation a Florida trade practices law.

The President's legal team are demanding $5 billion (£4.39 billion) in damages for each count.

Trump's advocates have argued that the editing of the speech made him look as though he encouraged the Capitol riot which took place shortly after.

He claimed without basis that the BBC used "AI or something" to "put words in his mouth".

Trump's lawyers wrote on November 6: "Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC have been widely disseminated throughout various digital mediums, which have reached tens of millions of people worldwide.”

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Earlier on Monday, The President confirmed his plans to sue the corporation after a BBC Panorama special in 2024 which allegedly spliced together portions of his speech on January 6, 2021.

Trump first threatened the broadcaster with a $5 billion (£4.39 billion) lawsuit when The Telegraph reported the allegations which were contained in a bombshell memo.

The fallout from the allegations led to the resignation of BBC Director-General Tim Davie.

The BBC apologised to both Trump and the public, but has denied there are grounds for a lawsuit.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, previously said: “This purposefully dishonest, selectively edited clip by the BBC is further evidence that they are total, 100 per cent fake news that should no longer be worth the time on the television screens of the great people of the United Kingdom.”