Given the scandal caused by the dissemination of a video about an edited speech by Donald Trump in a documentary aimed at holding him responsible for encouraging citizens to attack the Capitol in 2021, the corporation BBC He offered an apology to the American president in an attempt to get rid of a lawsuit where a fortune would be demanded as compensation.
During an interview with the television network Fox News, The 79-year-old Republican confirmed his desire to teach an exemplary lesson to the english media for having taken part of one of his speeches out of context and then present it as if he had encouraged the population to break into the Capitol to prevent the recognition of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential elections.
“I think I have the obligation to do it, because people cannot be allowed to do that,” he said. the president about the possibility of suing the owners of the British media for $1 billion.
In response to a letter sent by Trump’s lawyers demanding a retraction and anticipating the filing of a legal complaint to compensate for his staff’s mistake, the press office of BBC He assured through a statement that The legal team of the British corporation offered an apology, but also clarified that, in their opinion, there are no elements that support a possible lawsuit against them under the concept of defamation.
“BBC Chairman Samir Shah has sent a personal letter to the White House to express his and the Corporation’s apologies to President Trump for the edition of the president’s speech of January 6, 2021which aired on the program.
The BBC does not plan to broadcast the documentary “Trump: A Second Chance? Although the BBC sincerely regrets the way in which the video clip was edited, “We strongly disagree that there is any basis for a defamation lawsuit,” the document states.
At the moment, no comments have emerged from Trump or his lawyers, but there is a history of having pressured paramount to obtain $16 million dollars and thus avoid a lawsuit for having broadcast on the television program “60 Minutes” an edited interview with Democrat Kamala Harris, which she claimed damaged her image during last year’s presidential campaign.
In this sense, it is difficult to think that the American president would renounce the idea of forgiving the BBC’s error without obtaining compensation in return.
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