"Taking to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump accused BBC journalists of being corrupt over the doctored sequence in the 2024 Panorama documentary about the 2021 Capitol riot spotlighted by The Telegraph last week. During the documentary, Trump appears to say: We're gonna walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you and we fight. We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore."
"The BBC confirmed receipt of a letter from Trump's lawyers hours after BBC chairman Samir Shah apologized for the edit as an error of judgement and described the president as a litigious fellow. A BBC spokesperson said: We will review the letter and respond directly in due course. We are now considering how to reply to him, Shah added."
President Donald Trump threatened legal action against the BBC over an edited clip of his January 6 speech that aired in a Panorama documentary. The BBC confirmed receipt of a letter from Trump's lawyers and said it will review and respond. BBC chairman Samir Shah apologized for the edit as an error of judgement and described the president as litigious. Director General Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned amid the fallout. Trump accused BBC journalists of corruption on Truth Social. The broadcast altered Trump's words, substituting a line about cheering lawmakers with a call to 'fight like hell.'
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