Trump Threatens $1B Lawsuit Against BBC Depiction Of Jan. 6 Speech

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Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1B over an edited 2021 speech used in a 2024 documentary. The dispute has already prompted top BBC resignations and sparked renewed debate over the broadcaster’s impartiality and public funding model.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:03President Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion, alleging defamation over an edited

00:082021 speech featured in a 2024 documentary, according to The Wall Street Journal.

00:14BBC Chairman Samir Shah apologized. Monday after BBC Director General Tim Davey and BBC News

00:20Chief Executive Deborah Ternesse resigned amid White House criticism. The resignations followed

00:26a BBC panorama documentary that aired before the 2024 US election and misleadingly spliced

00:33two parts of Trump's January. Six, 2021 speech. The broadcaster faces a Friday deadline from

00:40Trump's lawyers to retract the documentary, issue an apology and pay compensation. The

00:45controversy has intensified debate over BBC impartiality and its public funding model,

00:50which faces potential overhaul by 2027. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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