The BBC will take legal steps to have Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over a Panorama programme edit dismissed, court documents have shown. In the episode, a clip from Mr Trump’s speech on January 6 2021, was spliced to show him saying: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. The BBC will file a motion to dismiss, claiming the Florida court lacks “personal jurisdiction” over them, the court venue is “improper” and that Mr Trump has “failed to state a claim”, documents filed late on Monday evening UK time revealed. The corporation will argue that it did not create, produce or broadcast the documentary in Florida and that Mr Trump’s claim that the documentary was available in the US on streaming service BritBox is not true. The broadcaster has asked the court “to stay all other discovery” – the pre-trial process in which parties gather information – pending the decision on the motion.

Source: Irish Examiner January 13, 2026 14:15 UTC