WATCH: BBC ‘panicking’ over defamation case filed by President Trump

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The BBC, which was caught flagrantly making up statements purportedly from President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, and which already has seen two executives flee over the catastrophe, now is “PANICKING” over his multi-billion dollar defamation case.

And “begging” a federal court to dismiss the problem.

Eric Daughterty of RightLine News explained about the panic over the case based on the BBC’s “trying to paint Trump as an insurrectionist,” in its reporting, and the president’s response today to questions about the situation.

“BBC took it a step further, they actually had … they put words in my mouth,” Trump explained. “They said I said some pretty bad things and I didn’t say ’em.”

Reports have documented what the BBC did wrong:

A report at Townhall said now the BBC “is trying to convince a federal judge to throw out President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the network for doctoring video of the speech he gave at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.”

The BBC claims the court in Florida has no jurisdiction because it is a United Kingdom company and the film was done in London for a U.K. audience.

The network had conceded its failure, with its retraction and an apology for “unintentionally” giving the “mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action” due to an “error of judgment” during the editing process.

The BBC further claims there’s no evidence of harm from the “deceptively” edited video.

According to the report, a spokesperson for Trump’s legal team told Politico that the network “is liable to President Trump for intentionally and maliciously defaming him by distorting and manipulating his speech” and that “No amount of attempted legal maneuvers can change that fact.”

Trump already has settled a number of similar lawsuits, winning huge settlements from various defendants, including other broadcast networks.

The report commented, “The network claimed the edit was a mistake because it actually believes we are gullible enough to buy that line of folderol. The revelation brought about an enormous backlash and several BBC executives resigned over the issue.”

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