US EditionDonald Trump Tells BBC to Apologise by Friday or Face Billion-Dollar Legal Claim
Trump demands BBC retracts allegedly false edits of his January 6 speech or face a $1 billion lawsuit amid resignations and 500+ public complaints, BBC says.
- Donald Trump has given the BBC a deadline of Friday to retract false and defamatory statements made about him in a Panorama documentary, or face a billion-dollar legal action.
- The letter warns that failure to comply will result in Trump pursuing all legal rights to recover damages for harm caused by the BBC.
- A senior official mentioned that the White House may restrict the BBC's access to press events following the edits made in the Panorama documentary.
- Trump has a history of suing news organizations and is currently engaged in legal disputes with the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
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