Donald Trump says he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion

The British audiovisual group was accused of broadcasting separate footage of Donald Trump’s speech edited in such a way that it appeared to explicitly call on his supporters to attack the Capitol in Washington.

The American President attacked the BBC, a true British media institution. “We will chase them (amount is included) between one and five billion dollars, probably within the next week. I think I should do it. They even admitted to cheating.”said Donald Trump on board Air Force One, Friday, November 14.

The BBC has been in turmoil since it was revealed last week that its flagship news magazine “Panorama” broadcast, just before the 2024 US presidential election, separate excerpts from Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech that were edited in such a way that he appeared to explicitly call on his supporters to attack the Capitol in Washington.

“British people are very angry about what happened, as you can imagine, because it shows that the BBC is nothing but fake news.” slammed Donald Trump, adding that he plans to raise the issue with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The latter had promised on Wednesday to do so “defending a strong, independent BBC”.

The billionaire and his lawyers have given Britain’s public broadcasting group until Friday to apologize and withdraw the documentary including the damning montage. BBC Chairman Samir Shah sent a letter to Donald Trump on Thursday “personal letter” apologize, but also deny it “legal basis” for defamation complaints. The affair led to the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News boss Deborah Turness on Sunday.