Florida judge rejects BBC move to put off disclosing internal documents relating to spliced version of 2021 speech
President Trump’s multibillion dollar lawsuit against the BBC over the editing of one of his speeches has been set for a year’s time.
In a blow to the corporation, the Florida judge has also rejected the BBC’s attempt to put off disclosing internal documents relating to the episode of Panorama that contained the spliced version of Trump’s 2021 address.
Trump made the speech in Washington before supporters stormed the US Capitol. The BBC has apologised for cutting together two parts of the speech without making the edit clear to viewers. However, it denies it defamed the president.
BBC lawyers in the US had argued that the process of disclosing documents relating to the legal action should wait until the judge decided whether the court even had any jurisdiction to rule in the case.
