WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday said President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly edited clip of a speech can go forward, but threw out his claim under Florida's unfair trade practices law.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Florida declined to throw out the defamation claim, saying Trump had plausibly alleged that the broadcaster damaged his reputation and knew or should have known the clip was misleading. The ruling did not decide whether Trump has proven those claims.

Trump is suing Britain's publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The lawsuit, filed in December in Florida federal court, accuses the BBC of defaming him by splicing together parts of the speech, including one section where he told supporters to march on the Capitol and another where he said "fight like hell." It omitted a section in which he called for peaceful protest.

The edited speech appeared in a BBC "Panorama" documentary, "Trump: A Second Chance?", broadcast shortly before the 2024 presidential election, which Trump won. A leaked internal BBC memo cited the edits as evidence of potential political bias, sparking a public relations crisis for the broadcaster and leading to high-level resignations.

The BBC previously admitted the edits were misleading and apologized to Trump, though it denies being liable for defamation. The BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ruling.

Trump called the ruling a "huge victory" in a social media post. "We will continue fighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!" he wrote.

The judge ordered the BBC to file an answer to the surviving defamation claim by Dec. 1, 2026. A trial has been scheduled for February 2027, with Trump having requested a jury. The judge has also ordered Trump to answer questions under oath from BBC lawyers by Dec. 11.

The case is one of several Trump has privately filed against the news media as part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage he dislikes.