From Trump claims ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over 2021 US Capitol speech edit
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US President Donald Trump says he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC over a misleading speech edit, stopping short of announcing legal action in a Fox News interview.
Trump’s lawyers threatened the British broadcaster with a billion-dollar lawsuit on Monday, according to a letter seen by AFP, as the BBC apologized for giving the impression the US president had urged “violent action” ahead of the 2021 assault on the US Capitol.
In the Fox News interview, which was recorded Monday, Trump was asked if he planned to sue the BBC.
“I guess I have to, why not?” says the president in his first public comments on the potential for legal action.
“I think I have an obligation to do it because you can’t allow people to do that,” Trump says, without confirming whether he had officially begun proceedings to file a defamation lawsuit.
“They defrauded the public and they’ve admitted it.”
Britain “is supposedly one of our great allies,” and “the government has a chunk of that one,” Trump adds, referring to the BBC.
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“They DEFRAUDED the public — and they ADMITTED it.”
He told me a lawsuit is coming after the network cut and twisted his Jan. 6 speech. pic.twitter.com/SG1kpC2B2h
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) November 12, 2025
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