The BBC will face a jury trial in Florida for allegedly defaming President Trump in its documentary "Trump: A Second Chance," which aired a week before the 2024 presidential election, a federal judge nominated by Trump ruled Tuesday.

"This may seem familiar," but the BBC's actions were far different than those of CNN and Dow Jones in Trump's unsuccessful defamation suits in Florida federal court and before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz wrote.

While CNN's statements were deemed mere opinion and The Wall Street Journal was only accused of failing to "adequately investigate claims it reported," the BBC literally "spliced together" Trump's words from two different parts of his Jan. 6, 2021 speech, creating a statement that "Trump never said," Kuntz wrote.

Trump expressly implored his followers planning to march to the Capitol that day to protest the certification of the election to do so "peacefully," less than a minute after his "fight like hell" comment that the BBC spliced together as the end of a couplet that started with the march to the Capitol, Kuntz wrote.

The U.K network admitted "it had edited a video to make it appear as though President Trump made a statement he never made," chose to release it right before 2024 election, and "even emailed U.S. and Florida based commenters with instructions to on [sic] how to view the documentary," the judge said. 

"Whether President Trump can prove these claims and establish he sustained damages at summary judgment or trial is left for another day," but the BBC must face trial for defamation, according to Kuntz, dismissing Trump's second claim for violating the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

"The biggest challenge for the court may be whether it can seat jurors who can overcome the case’s underlying political elements," George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley wrote.

He emphasized Judge Kuntz "found sufficient evidence of actual malice at BBC," the defamation standard Trump must meet as a public official. Kuntz said its prior coverage of Trump goes beyond "merely portrayal in a negative light" and looks more like "BBC playing fast and loose with the factual accuracy of their media content."

A BBC spokesperson told the network it was "surprised by this decision but respect the Court's authority and note the case will now proceed to the next stage." The BBC remains "remain confident in our position."

Trump crowed about his "huge victory" in a Truth Social post. "We will continue fighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!"