President Donald Trump wears a gift, which he calls a "Happy Trump" pin, during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington.

The BBC has a plan to get Donald Trump’s Panorama lawsuit thrown out, according to one of the broadcaster’s own experts.

The US president is seeking $10 billion (£7.5 billion) in damages from the BBC after edits in Panorama episode from 2024 made it seem like Trump had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.

Two elements of his speech were spliced together, making it sound like the politician said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol [...] and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”

When an internal BBC memo late last year complained about that edit, Trump’s team quickly reacted.

He filed documents at a court in Florida, requesting $5 bn in damages for defamation and $5 bn for violating trade practices.

But court documents published overnight show how........

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