U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation and unfair business practices.

The 33-page lawsuit claims the BBC falsely portrayed Trump in a way that was misleading, harmful, and intentionally damaging. It describes the broadcast as a deliberate attempt to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

According to the lawsuit, the BBC edited Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech by combining two separate parts of it. Trump’s legal team says the edits were done to change the meaning of what he said.

The lawsuit, filed in Florida, demands $5 billion for defamation and another $5 billion for deceptive and unfair trade practices.

The BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.

Last month, the BBC apologized to Trump for editing the speech. However, the broadcaster denied that the edit amounted to defamation, even after Trump threatened legal action.

BBC chairman Samir Shah called the edit an “error of judgment.” The controversy led to the resignations of the BBC’s top executive and its head of news.

Trump delivered the speech on January 6, 2021, shortly before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. At the time, Congress was preparing to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, which Trump falsely claimed was stolen.

The BBC aired an hour-long documentary titled Trump: A Second Chance? just days before the 2024 election. In the film, the broadcaster edited together three quotes from two different parts of Trump’s speech, delivered nearly an hour apart. The edit made it appear as though Trump urged supporters to march with him and “fight like hell.”

The documentary did not include a section of the speech in which Trump told supporters to protest peacefully.

Trump said on Monday that he was suing the BBC “for putting words in my mouth.”

“They put terrible words in my mouth that I didn’t say,” Trump said during an appearance in the Oval Office. “They left out the good things I said about patriotism.”

The lawsuit was filed in Florida. Legal deadlines to bring the case in British courts expired more than a year ago.

Some legal experts have questioned whether the case will succeed in the U.S., since the documentary was not broadcast there.

However, the lawsuit argues that Americans can still access BBC content through the BritBox streaming service or by using a virtual private network (VPN).

The BBC, founded 103 years ago, is funded by an annual license fee paid by U.K. households that watch live television or BBC content. The broadcaster is required by its charter to remain politically impartial and often faces criticism from both conservatives and liberals.