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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dan Haygarth

Why Donald Trump’s $10bn lawsuit against the BBC is doomed to fail

Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC has a “fundamental flaw” and would have to overcome a number of legal hurdles to be successful in the US, according to a leading media lawyer.

The US president has filed a $10bn defamation claim against the broadcaster over an edit of a Panorama documentary a week before the 2024 US election, which his lawyers argue “was false and defamatory”.

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