Donald Trump announced plans to sue the BBC for $1 billion to $5 billion over an edited Panorama segment that misrepresented his speech related to the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. The BBC issued an apology, acknowledging the editing error that created a misleading impression of Trump’s remarks. Following the backlash, BBC director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned, and the controversial episode was removed from the BBC’s platforms. Legal experts suggest that if the lawsuit proceeds, it may be filed in an American court due to the statute of limitations in the UK.
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