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John Bickley

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Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

and he is looking for $10 billion from the broadcaster.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Now, Trump has long clashed with the BBC, but this particular suit stems from a documentary that they put out ahead of the 2024 election.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

It was called Trump, A Second Chance.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

And the film played this clip of the president's National Mall speech to supporters back on January 6th, 2021.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

The problem is that quote is actually two quotes, and they were spoken nearly an hour apart during that speech.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

When you listen to each of them on their own in the broader context of the speech, it's much more clear that Trump was not telling people to storm the Capitol.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

For example, here's the original clip in its context.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Now that deceptive editing sparked an internal review at the BBC, which concluded that there had been, quote, a string of incidents that demonstrates serious bias in the corporation's reporting.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Again, that's in their own words.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Trump's lawsuit includes that quote from the outlet and says they, quote, intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively doctored his speech

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

in a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Now, the network has already issued an apology to Trump, but the outlet says that they are going to fight back against this lawsuit.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

In a statement this week, they conceded that they, quote, regret the manner in which the video was edited, but strongly disagree that there is a basis for a defamation claim.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Now, the Trump administration had another, you know, hit piece against them related to some of the top advisors of Trump.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Tell us about that situation.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Yeah, a wild story from Vanity Fair that has just taken Washington by storm this week.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

So for the last year, Vanity Fair reporter Chris Whipple has been sort of shadowing some of the president's inner circle, mainly Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Part one of that story was published Tuesday, and it included a number of remarkably candid on-the-record quotes from Wiles talking about some of the inner circle and even cabinet members at the White House.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

For example, of J.D.

Morning Wire
Trump Sues BBC & Michigan Athletics Probed | 12.17.25

Vance, Wiles said, quote, he has been a conspiracy theorist for a decade.