WASHINGTON, Nov 11 — A federal judge allowed US President Donald Trump’s multi-billion-dollar defamation suit against the BBC to proceed yesterday, rejecting a bid by the British broadcaster to dismiss the case.
Trump has accused the BBC of deceptively editing a documentary to make it seem as if he was inciting violence when he told supporters to march on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
He has sought at least US$5 billion (RM20.4 billion) each for one claim of defamation and a separate claim under a Florida consumer protection law.
US District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz rejected the BBC’s bid to dismiss the defamation suit, but tossed the Florida protection law claim.
