MBABANE:United States President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) for $1billion over an edited clip that has plunged the broadcaster into a public relations crisis and prompted the resignations of two top Executives, Aljazeera reported.
In a letter sent to the BBC, Trump’s legal team has demanded the retraction of what he described as a “false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading, and inflammatory statements” contained in a Panorama documentary aired a week before the 2024 US presidential election.
The letter, written by Trump’s lawyer Alejandro Brito, gives the BBC until Friday to provide a “full and fair” retraction of the documentary and “appropriately compensate President Trump for the harm caused”, or face legal action in the US state of Florida.
Donald Trump speaks during a House Republican members conference meeting in Trump National Doral resort [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters]