Trump says the video in the Panorama documentary was edited fraudulently. However, the BBC has since apologized.
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US President Donald Trump has said he will take legal action against the BBC. Speaking to reporters on Friday evening, he said he would file a lawsuit against the BBC next week for between $1 billion and $5 billion.
Trump has said he is taking legal action against the BBC for allegedly editing the video in a Panorama documentary. However, the BBC has already apologized.
What is the controversy?
Director-General Davey and Head of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday after questions arose over the BBC's use of a speech by US President Trump in the Panorama series 'Trump: A Second Chance?' The documentary was broadcast a week before the 2024 US election.
The documentary has been embroiled in controversy after the British newspaper The Telegraph published a story last week questioning the BBC's credibility. Trump said in a speech in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021, 'We will go to the Capitol. And we will cheer on our brave senators and congressmen/women.'
But the video at the end has been added at once, breaking the sequence of this video. 'We will go to the Capitol. And I will be with you there. And we will fight. We will fight hard,' the documentary shows.
The Capitol complex, which houses the US Federal House, was attacked by Republican Party activists that day. The BBC is accused of trying to make viewers of the documentary look like Trump himself incited the attack through poor editing. Trump has accused this of being a deliberate act to tarnish his image ahead of the election.
BBC Director General Tim Davey and Head of News Deborah Turnes have resigned, admitting mistakes. 'Mistakes have been made. But the current accusations that the BBC is institutionally biased are wrong,' said Head of News Turnes, who resigned taking moral responsibility.
