Trial date set for Trump's legal case against BBC

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Last edited Thu Feb 12, 2026, 03:12 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: BBC

2 hours ago


US President Donald Trump's multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the BBC has been scheduled to go to trial in February 2027, according to court documents.

The trial date comes as a Florida judge rejected the BBC's application to delay the process of discovery in the case.

Trump is suing the BBC for defamation over the way an episode of Panorama edited two sections of a speech together, which made it appear that he had directly encouraged his supporters to storm the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

The trial is scheduled to last two weeks and take place in Miami. A BBC spokesman said: "As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case."

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxdwlqx8qqo

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REFERENCES

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143582926
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143582979
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143583312

(ETA - added the link - was posting most of the morning on the iPad from the car dealer getting some maintenance stuff done)

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1. It hope they release the discovery request lol that should be fun

I know American companies love to surrender and pay the extortion, but a foreign company that is harder for Donnie to threaten with regulatory nonsense is more likely to defend.

And any such extortion scheme disguised as a lawsuit is likely to end in Donnie surrendering to avoid complying with discovery.

[Frasier Balzov]

2. A single tweet should decide this case.

"Big protest in D.C. on Jan 6th. Be there, will be wild!"

His payout of $4.975 million to Ashli Babbit's estate adds further revealing context to his attitude about his supporters' violence at the Capitol.

Verdict: BBC not liable.

[erronis]

3. I'll take bets that trump will pull his sorry ass out of this when discovery comes to play.

TACO Don.