US President Donald Trump has said he still intends to take legal action against the BBC over how Panorama edited his speech.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday night, Trump said, “We will sue them for between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week.”
Trump said he would discuss it with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend. On Friday, the BBC said the January 6, 2021, edition of the speech had given “the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action.”
The BBC apologized but said it would not pay financial compensation.
Earlier this week, Trump’s lawyers threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion in damages unless the corporation retracted, apologized and compensated him.
Trump’s lawyers had given the BBC until 22:00 GMT (17:00 EST) on Friday, November 14 to respond, and it did so.
The controversy led to the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness on Sunday.
Previous searches of public court records databases showed that no legal action had been initiated so far.
Federal and state courts in Florida, where a case would likely be filed, are closed for the weekend.
According to Pacer’s searches for federal cases involving the BBC, no cases brought by the Trump administration have been filed.
This is breaking news and will be updated shortly.
