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Judge Lets Discovery Proceed, Sets Feb. 2027 Trial in Trump’s $10 Billion BBC Defamation Case

Discovery now proceeds, with the BBC contesting jurisdiction in a case over a Panorama edit of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech.

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BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House, after U.S. President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech, in London, Britain, December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
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Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman denied the BBC’s bid to pause merits discovery as premature, allowing evidence exchange to begin.
  • A two-week jury trial is scheduled to start on February 15, 2027, in Miami, with a calendar call on February 9, 2027, and a mediator to be selected by March 3, 2026.
  • Trump seeks $10 billion in damages—$5 billion for defamation and $5 billion under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
  • The suit alleges Panorama spliced soundbites from Trump’s January 6 speech taken nearly 50 minutes apart and omitted calls for peaceful protest; the BBC apologized as senior executives resigned.
  • The BBC has moved to dismiss, arguing lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, and failure to state a claim, and disputes that the program was available in Florida or the U.S.