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Trump's BBC Claim Gets Another Episode in Court
· New York time
A federal judge declined to dismiss Donald Trump's defamation claim against the BBC over edits to a documentary about January 6 that aired ahead of the 2024 election. US District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz ruled that Trump had sufficiently pleaded actual malice at this stage. The ruling allows the claim to proceed, rather than deciding whether it ultimately succeeds. For a media organization, the case puts editing choices at the center of a legal dispute. The documentary has finished airing, but the argument over its presentation has acquired a much longer schedule.
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