US President Donald Trump has insisted that he still plans on suing the BBC between $1 billion and $5 billion for editing his speech.
This comes after the BBC issued an apology to President Trump on Friday after he had demanded a full retraction, immediate apology, and an offer of compensation from the BBC after a Panorama documentary made it appear as though he encouraged violence before the January 6 Capitol riot.
The broadcaster had been given until today to respond to the President’s $1billion legal threat after criticism that viewers had been misled by the programme.
In a statement on Friday, the BBC said the edit was an ‘error of judgment’ and the programme will ‘not be broadcast again in this form on any BBC platforms’
But it added that ‘while the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree that there is a basis for a defamation claim’.
After the BBC refused the total capitulation demanded by the US President, Trump told GB News that he had an ‘obligation’ to take legal action in a fiery interview.
‘I’m not looking to get into lawsuits, but I think I have an obligation to do it. This was so egregious’, he told GB News’ Bev Turner.
‘If you don’t do it, you don’t stop it from happening again with other people’.
Trump also confirmed to journalists outside the White House on Friday that he planned to formally seek damages, saying: ‘We’ll sue them from anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week.
‘I think I have to do it,’ he added.