A judge has rejected an attempt to throw out a £7.5billion defamation case brought against the BBC by Donald Trump.
The President filed a lawsuit last December over a Panorama documentary that spliced together parts of a speech he gave at the Capitol to make it appear he urged violence.
A Florida court has now refused to dismiss the defamation claim, saying Mr Trump ‘plausibly alleged’ he suffered reputational harm as a result of the edit.
The ruling did not decide whether Mr Trump’s claims were proven.
Mr Trump has hailed the decision as a ‘huge victory’.
Writing on Truth Social he said: ‘A Huge Victory against
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