LONDON: The BBC is determined to fight any legal action filed by US President Donald Trump and sees no basis for a defamation case over its editing of one of his speeches, its chair said on Monday.
Trump said on Friday he was likely to sue the British broadcaster this week for up to $5 billion after it spliced together separate excerpts of a speech on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol. The edit created the impression he had called for violence.
BBC chair Samir Shah sent a letter to Trump to apologize for the edit, the BBC said on Thursday, but it said it strongly disagreed there was a basis for a defamation claim.
SHAH SAYS BBC POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED
Trump told reporters on Friday he would sue for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion.
