""This programme was reviewed after criticism of how President Donald Trump's 6th January 2021 speech was edited. During that sequence, we showed excerpts taken from different parts of the speech. However, we accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech, and that this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action. The BBC would like to apologise to President Trump for that error of judgement.""
""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.""
"Earlier in the week Mr Trump said he had an "obligation" to launch a billion-dollar lawsuit against the corporation, saying in an interview with Fox News that the BBC had "defrauded the public" over the editing of the speech, which made it appear as if he was explicitly urging people to attack the US Capitol on January 6 2021."
The BBC issued an apology and retraction after an edited clip of Donald Trump's 6 January 2021 speech created the false impression of a continuous call for violent action. The programme was reviewed and removed from the BBC website, and the corporation said the edit combined excerpts from different parts of the speech. The BBC stated regret for the edit but said it disagrees that there is a basis for a defamation claim. Chairman Samir Shah sent a personal letter of apology to the White House, and BBC lawyers have responded to communications from Mr Trump's legal team.
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