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BBC says it will fight Trump’s $10-billion defamation lawsuit
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US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally of his supporters on January 6, 2021, in Washington, shortly before the mob assault on the US Capitol. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
The BBC will defend itself against US President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit seeking $10 billion in damages, a spokesperson for the British broadcaster confirms.
“As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case. We are not going to make further comment on ongoing legal proceedings,” a BBC spokesperson says after Trump filed the lawsuit in Florida over a documentary that misleadingly edited his 2021 speech ahead of the US Capitol riot.
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