US president claims broadcaster has ‘defrauded the public’ and reiterates his threat of launching a $1bn legal action
Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the continuing fallout at the BBC as Donald Trump claimed the broadcaster had “defrauded the public” and he had an “obligation” to take legal action over the editing of a speech.
Director-general Tim Davie quit on Sunday amid criticisms over the editing of a speech by Trump before the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 2021 in an edition of Panorama which aired last year just before the 2024 presidential election.
The US president reiterated his threat of launching a $1bn legal action during an interview on Fox News. He said:
I think I have an obligation to do it, you can’t allow people to do that.
