Trump Says Lawsuit Against BBC Likely To Be Filed Soon

President Trump has said that he will file a defamation lawsuit against the BBC “today or tomorrow” over the editing of a 6 January 2021 speech broadcast by Panorama. Speaking to reporters in Washington DC on Monday, the US president accused the broadcaster of “putting terrible words in my mouth that I didn’t say” and suggested they “may have used AI”. The programme, aired just a week prior to the 2024 US election results, is accused of misleadingly editing a speech President Trump delivered on January 6, 2021. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/