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Trump says he will sue BBC for up to $5B – POLITICO

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U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to sue the BBC for up to $5 billion over a misleading edit of his speech, after the broadcaster apologised but declined to compensate him. 

“We’ll sue them for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Friday evening. “We have to do it.” 

The BBC conceded on Thursday that edited footage of Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech on its Panorama documentary program had unintentionally created “the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action,” and said the segment would not be aired again.