"At the heart of Trump's case stands an episode of the BBC television documentary program Panorama that compresses comments Trump made to his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, before they laid siege to the U.S. Capitol. The episode seamlessly links Trump's call for people to walk up to the Capitol with his exhortation nearly 55 minutes later: "And we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you don't have a country anymore." Trump's attorneys argue that the presentation gives viewers the impression that the president incited the violence that followed. They said his remarks had been doctored, not edited, and noted the omission of his statement that protesters would be "marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.""
"Not content with an apology and the resignation of two top BBC executives, President Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit Monday against the BBC in his continued strategy to take the press to court. Beyond the legal attack on yet another media outlet, the litigation represents an audacious move against a national institution of a trusted ally. It hinges on an edit presented in a documentary of the president's words on a fateful day. Oddly enough, it also hinges on the appeal of a niche streaming service to people in Florida, and the use of a technological innovation embraced by porn devotees."
"Trump's lawsuit calls the documentary "a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump." The lawsuit alleges that the depiction was "fabricated" and aired "in a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence the Election to President Trump's detriment.""
President Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC alleging that a Panorama episode doctored his January 6, 2021 remarks by compressing and rearranging them. The complaint asserts that the program linked an early call to approach the Capitol with a later exhortation to "fight like hell," while omitting his call for protesters to "peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." The lawsuit describes the depiction as fabricated and alleges it aimed to influence the election to Trump's detriment. The legal action follows BBC apologies and executive resignations and references unexpected factors such as a niche streaming service's Florida appeal and a technology used in pornography.
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