Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=emFp7EW34Iv Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion over false and defamatory documentary clip [onO48sNOPtO] Health Updated on August 08, 2026 EDT — Published on August 08, 2026 EDT US President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1US billion. The threat relates to a BBC Panorama documentary about Trump's January 6, 2021, speech, which has faced widespread criticism. During the documentary, there was a doctored recording of a speech he gave before the January 6 Capitol Hill riots, which quoted the president out of context. In a letter sent to the BBC from Trump's legal team, they called on the company to retract the "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements" immediately. The BBC Chair, Samir Shah, has since apologised for an "error of judgment" made within the documentary. Following The Telegraph breaking the story, the BBC director general Tim Davie and the CEO of News Deborah Turness both resigned. WP5k8usc2Qk 5Go3BCnT7ns URKh62u89bH qo2Bj543Me2
US President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1US billion. The threat relates to a BBC Panorama documentary about Trump's January 6, 2021, speech, which has faced widespread criticism. During the documentary, there was a doctored recording of a speech he gave before the January 6 Capitol Hill riots, which quoted the president out of context. In a letter sent to the BBC from Trump's legal team, they called on the company to retract the "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements" immediately. The BBC Chair, Samir Shah, has since apologised for an "error of judgment" made within the documentary. Following The Telegraph breaking the story, the BBC director general Tim Davie and the CEO of News Deborah Turness both resigned. WP5k8usc2Qk 5Go3BCnT7ns URKh62u89bH qo2Bj543Me2