"The broadcaster apologised and said the splicing of the speech was an "error of judgment" but refused to pay financial compensation after the president's lawyers threatened to sue for one billion dollars in damages unless a retraction and apology were published. Chairman Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House to apologise for the editing, and lawyers for the corporation wrote to the president's legal team, a BBC spokesperson said."
"The spokesperson added: "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." Mr Trump told GB News he has had "a lot of success" litigating against news organisations. "Because it's fake news," he said. "But I've never had anything so fake as the BBC. "I've been doing this for a long time, I've never seen anything lik"
President Trump announced intentions to sue the BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion over an edited January 6, 2021 speech, calling the edit fraudulent and saying the broadcaster "changed the words coming out of my mouth." He reiterated an obligation to file suit to prevent recurrence and cited past successes suing news organizations. The BBC apologised, called the splicing an 'error of judgment' and said the edit gave the mistaken impression of a direct call for violence, but declined to pay compensation, disputed a defamation basis and exchanged apology letters and legal correspondence with the White House.
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