Trump’s pending BBC lawsuit on heels of huge wins over media companies

president Donald TrumpThe ten-figure legal threat against the BBC is not just a threat, if his recent string of legal victories against media outlets and big tech companies is any indication.

Trump said Friday He was planning to sue the BBC for up to $5 billion over a misleading edit of his statements in a documentary on the network on January 6, 2021. A similar edit was found on the network’s “Newsnight” program in 2022.

While the amount is staggering, Trump has managed to obtain significant settlements from CBS, ABC, and Meta over the past 12 months. For Trump’s allies, it is deserved because of their malicious behavior against Trump, while for his critics, it is no better than ransom money or bribes to the most powerful person on the planet.

It sparked Trump’s settlements with Paramount-owned CBS and Disney-owned ABC over his suits A storm of liberal criticism The parent companies were withering under management pressure and selling their journalists.

President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter in the Oval Office of the White House on May 5. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Paramount Global and CBS agreed in July to pay a $16 million advance to settle the president’s lawsuit against the network over how “60 Minutes” edited and released an interview with then-Democratic rival Kamala Harris in 2024. Trump’s team, which initially sought $10 billion, claimed the network’s use of edited clips from one response about Israel constituted “election interference.”

The same month as the settlement, the Trump administration’s FCC approved an $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance Media, and notable figures like the CBS late-night anchor. Stephen ColbertHe is one of Trump’s most vocal critics, saying the settlement was essentially a “huge bribe.”

Trump’s legal team has defended the settlement as a victory for holding the media and the American people accountable.

“With this record settlement, President Donald J. Trump delivers another win for the American people, once again holding the fake news media accountable for their mistakes and deception,” a spokesperson for Trump’s legal team said. Fox News Digital at that time.

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This win came on the heels of ABC’s apology $16 million settlement With Trump last December after he filed a defamation lawsuit over “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos’ on-air claims that the president was “responsible for rape.” The jury in the E. Jean Carroll case to which he was referring already ruled that he was liable for “sexual assault.”

Additionally, Trump’s team won nearly $60 million in settlements from X-owned YouTube, Meta, and Alphabet this year due to his previous account being suspended by the respective tech giants in the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot.

Shortly after Trump took office again in January, he was declared dead Settled with Trump for $25 million Due to the suspension of his account on its platforms in 2021.

X, owned by an intermittent ally Elon MuskIn February, it agreed to pay about $10 million to settle the lawsuit filed by Trump after he was banned from Twitter in 2021. Musk reinstated Trump’s account When he bought Twitter, now known as X, in November 2022.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 30, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Reuters/archive photo)

In September, Trump won $24.5 million Settlement from YouTube Because the platform suspended his account. According to a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital, $22 million from the settlement was to be contributed on behalf of Trump to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit organization supporting construction of the new mall. White House State Hall.

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Trump told reporters on Friday that he would sue the BBC this week for between $1 billion and $5 billion, after a Panorama documentary from the network redacted statements he made on January 6, 2021. The network later apologized and admitted it “gave the false impression that President Trump made a direct call for violent action,” though it disputed the notion that it smeared Trump.

The edit made it appear as if Trump uttered one thought about his supporters descending on the Capitol: “Cheer for your brave senators, congressmen and women, and we fight, we fight like hell.”

In fact, these comments came about an hour into his lengthy speech that day.

His full remarks were: “We will cheer for our brave senators, congressmen and women, and perhaps not so much for some of them. Because you will never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and count only legally appointed, legally designated electors. I know that everyone here will soon march to the Capitol to vote. Peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

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Towards the end of his speech, which lasted more than an hour, he said: “And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you won’t have a country anymore.”

The controversy has already happened It led to resignations BBC News chief executive Deborah Torres and BBC director general Tim Davie.

It’s also not the only legal action Trump has taken against a major media outlet. Trump refiled a $15 billion lawsuit v. The New York Times last month, alleging defamation in connection with the Times’ reporting on Trump’s time as an “Apprentice” star and allegations that he engaged in questionable tax maneuvers. The lawsuit names reporters for The Times and Penguin Random House, publisher of the book “Lucky Loser” by journalists Susan Craig and Ross Buettner.

President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times was another massive legal action taken against a news outlet. (Wayne McNamee/Getty Images)

A Times spokesperson told Fox News Digital last month: “As we said when this lawsuit was first filed and again after the judge ruled to dismiss it: This lawsuit has no merit. And nothing has changed today.” “This is merely an attempt to stifle independent reporting and generate PR interest, however New York Times They will not be deterred by intimidation tactics.”

A Penguin Random House spokesperson told Fox News Digital: “With a second attempt, this lawsuit remains without merit. Penguin Random House will continue to stand by the book and its authors just as we will continue to defend important fundamental principles of the First Amendment.”

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