President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for damages up to $1bn (£759m), claiming the organisation made "false, defamatory, disparaging and inflammatory statements" about him in a documentary.
In a letter to the BBC, Trump's legal team demanded three things - to issue a "full and fair retraction" of the documentary, an apology and that the BBC "appropriately compensate President Trump for the harm caused".
A leaked memo, written by a former independent external adviser to the broadcaster's editorial standards committee, suggested the Panorama programme had edited parts of a Trump speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021.
The one-hour programme was broadcast in the UK just before the 2024 presidential election.
So how strong is Trump's case?













