Trump touts legal victory over BBC as judge says his lawsuit against British broadcaster can proceed

President Donald Trump scored a victory in court Tuesday as a judge ruled that his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) can proceed."A Huge Victory against Fake News BBC, a terrible abuser of the truth, just handed down by highly respected District Court Judge, Jeffrey T.Kuntz, of the Southern District of Florida," Trump wrote on Truth Social.Trump continued, "In his powerful ruling, Judge Kuntz wrote,'"Here, the news entity created the story.

BBC admitted as much by confirming it had edited a video to make it appear as though President Trump made a statement he never made.' We will continue fighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!"JUDGE LIMITS BBC FROM RELITIGATING JAN 6 IN TRUMP LAWSUIT OVER MISLEADING DOCUMENTARY EDITIn his ruling, Kuntz criticized the BBC over how it edited the 2024 "Panorama" documentary at the center of the lawsuit, suggesting the broadcaster "knew or should have known that the segment they were creating would not and could not have been a truthful statement.""This was not trimming around the edges but creating something different than what was stated in the speech.BBC also had the entire speech available to them for nearly three years by the time of the Documentary," the filing read.TRUMP WINS PERMISSION TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT IN $10B DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST BBCKuntz did, however, dismiss Trump's second count in the lawsuit alleging the BBC documentary violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA), finding that the documentary did not qualify as "commercial speech" under the law.The judge gave the BBC until Dec.

1 to respond to the remaining defamation claim.The BBC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.In a separate statement, a BBC spokesperson said the broadcaster was surprised by the ruling but respected the court's authority and remained confident in its legal position.President Trump ...