Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion unless they retract the Panorama documentary. He said the BBC has until 10 p.m. on Friday to comply…
In a letter seen by the New York Times, Trump’s legal team demand:
“a full and fair retraction of the documentary and any and all other false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading, and inflammatory statements about President Trump in as conspicuous a manner as they were originally published. Immediately issue an apology for the false, defamatory, disparaging, misleading, and inflammatory statements about President Trump. If the BBC does not comply with the above by November 14, 2025, at 5.00 p.m. EST, President Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars) in damages. The BBC is on notice.”
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Local government minister Alison McGovern told LBC that the BBC should apologise to Trump:
“If they’ve made an editorial mistake, then they should apologise. And, more broadly, I think if they’ve made errors, I think the answer to that is better quality journalism, and to invest in that journalism so that we can have the standard of programmes we all want from the BBC.”