Trump announces lawsuit of up to $5 billion against BBC over edited Jan 6 speech documentary

President Donald Trump on Friday revealed he plans to file a lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his Jan speech cut by investigative documentary series Panorama the news organization announced We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion and billion apparently sometime next week Trump narrated reporters on Air Force One Friday evening He added that he plans to talk it over with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the weekend BBC News announced Lawyers for the BBC have written to President Trump's legal gang in response to a letter received on Sunday a BBC spokesperson reported Thursday BBC chair Samir Shah has separately sent a personal letter to the White House making clear to President Trump that he and the corporation are sorry for the edit of the president's speech on January which featured in the programme ROGAN REBUKES OUSTED BBC EXECUTIVES STATES THE ORGANIZATION 'FELT JUSTIFIED IN COMPREHENSIVELY LYING' ABOUT TRUMPThe spokesperson explained it has no plans to rebroadcast the documentary at the center of the conflict on any of BBC's platforms While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim the spokesperson added The British news organization has been hit with criticism over a BBC Panorama documentary about Trump s Jan speech that he delivered before the attack on the U S Capitol Critics believe the documentary was misleading because it omitted Trump urging supporters to protest peacefully and stitched together remarks the president made nearly an hour apart to make it appear like one long message The BBC revealed on Friday that the edit gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action but was unintentional BBC APOLOGIZES TO TRUMP AMID BILLION LEGAL THREATTrump previously threatened to sue if the false defamatory disparaging and inflammatory statements weren t retracted directly The disagreement led to the resignations of BBC News CEO Deborah Turness and BBC director-general Tim Davie I stepped down over the weekend because the buck stops with me But I'd like to make one thing very clear BBC News is not institutionally biased Turness advised reporters outside the BBC headquarters in London on Monday OUTGOING BOSS INSISTS BBC NOT INSTITUTIONALLY BIASED DESPITE STEPPING DOWN OVER TRUMP DOCUMENTARY EMBARRASSMENT Our journalists aren't corrupt Our journalists are hardworking people who strive for impartiality and I will stand by their journalism she added There is no institutional bias Mistakes are made Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and the BBC for comment