US President Donald Trump said he will take legal action against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) next week over how the Panorama program edited his speech, after the corporation apologized but refused to compensate him.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday evening, Trump said: “We’ll be suing them for probably $1 billion to $5 billion sometime next week.”
The BBC said on Friday that the edit of the January 6, 2021 speech inadvertently gave “the false impression that President Trump made a direct call for violence.”
The BBC apologized but said it would not pay financial compensation.
Trump said he would discuss the matter with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
Earlier this week, Trump’s lawyers threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion in damages unless the corporation backed down, apologized and compensated him.
Trump’s lawyers had given the BBC until 22:00 GMT (17:00 EST) on Friday, November 14, to respond, which it did.
The controversy led to the resignation of BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Torness on Sunday.
Searches of public court records databases earlier showed that no legal action had been filed yet.
Federal and state courts in Florida, where the case will likely be filed, are now closed for the weekend.
Based on PESR’s searches for federal cases involving the BBC, no cases have been brought by the Trump administration.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated soon.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/63da/live/35262f40-c1bd-11f0-8456-eff94716b162.jpg
2025-11-15 00:55:00
