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Judge limits BBC from relitigating Jan 6 in Trump lawsuit over misleading documentary edit
Monday, July 27, 2026
A federal judge ruled that the BBC may investigate how former President Donald Trump's January 6 speech was interpreted but may not use the lawsuit to relitigate the Capitol riot itself. Trump filed a $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC, which the judge's ruling limits in scope. The decision restricts the BBC's ability to introduce broader arguments about the January 6 events in the case.
