Legal experts say Trump's lawyers made critical error in $10 billion BBC defamation lawsuit
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Robert Davis
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President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC may be undermined by a significant legal error made by his lawyers, according to legal experts. The lawsuit, filed in Florida in December 2025, claims the BBC defamed Trump by mischaracterizing a speech he made. Two legal experts argued on Sunday that the mistake could be so serious it might constitute legal malpractice.
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· 3 pulledTrump's lawyers just created a 'big problem' in his eye-popping BBC lawsuit: experts
President Donald Trump's lawyers made a big mistake in the president's $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, one so big that two legal experts argued on Sunday that it could be evidence of malpractice.
Trump initially sued the BBC in Florida in December 2025, claiming the network defamed him by mischaracterizing the speech Trump made ahead of...
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