A federal judge has allowed President Donald Trump's $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC to proceed, The Guardian reported, while another part of the case was dismissed.
The Guardian said Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz, who was appointed by Trump, ruled on Tuesday that the lawsuit can proceed. He denied in part the British broadcaster's motion to dismiss the case, the report said.
According to The Guardian, the lawsuit stems from the BBC's splicing together of disparate comments Trump made, and the motion to dismiss concerned that edit.
BBC News reported that the court dismissed the other part of Trump's lawsuit, which alleged the BBC had violated a Florida law.
The two reports agree on the core outcome: the defamation claim can go forward, and the Florida-law claim has been dismissed. The Guardian framed the ruling as a partial denial of the motion to dismiss, while BBC News framed it as the dismissal of the other part of the suit.
The reports describe the ruling in summary form, and neither summary gives the full text of the comments at issue or the court's reasoning. Based on the available summaries, the case will continue on the defamation claim.
The available summaries do not say what happens next in the case or when any further proceedings will take place.
Sources: BBC News: Judge allows Trump's $10bn defamation case against BBC to proceed; The Guardian: Federal judge allows Trump’s $10bn defamation lawsuit against BBC to proceed.