Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for doctoring a documentary video that appeared to encourage the attack on the Capitol.

the american president, Donald TrumpSend a message this Monday to BBC In it He threatens to take legal action Against the BBC if it does not withdraw a documentary in which Republican rhetoric is manipulated.

Specifically, the North American president refers to the documentary Trump, a second chance?where two phrases said by the Republican at different times are linked together, and when they are joined together, it means that he explicitly encouraged the mob to Storming of the Capitol in January 2021.

Disagreement, plus a Internal report Published before Telegraph At the beginning of last week, the alleged “bias” of… BBC In some matters, it caused resignation and its general manager, Tim DavisThis Sunday.

Trump threatens Taking the matter to court and demanding compensation amounting to one billion dollars If the British entity does not back down before next Friday, November 14th.

General Manager of BBC, Tim Davisannounced it resignation This Sunday, after being subjected to pressure from A Internal report The British network was accused of maintaining “systematic bias” in its coverage. Head of the chain’s news branch Deborah TorrenceHe also resigned.

Although Davey claimed that he resigned “by his own decision,” his personality was surrounded by controversy during the five years he spent in office, and pressure increased early last week after the report was published.

The independent consultant who signed off on the report that caused his downfall is criticizing the chain for it ‘dangerous bias’ In coverage The attack on the Capitol in January 2021 or the war in Gaza.

The network was also surrounded by controversy surrounding the broadcast of the rapper’s performance. Bob Phelan during the Glastonbury FestivalIn which the singer wished “death” to the Israeli army. Or the departure of the sports analyst Gary Lineker For his comments critical of the UK’s immigration policies.

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The reason for his departure came after A Clash with the White House To edit a video clip in it BBC Combine the two sentences Trump card It was delivered on January 6, 2021, one hour apart, and which, due to the editing, appeared to be an explicit order to encourage the mob that attacked the headquarters of the North American Congress after the electoral victory Joe Biden In 2020.

The documentary was produced by October Films for the programme panoramaIt was broadcast eight days before the country’s latest presidential election USAheld in November 2024.

the edition Suggest it Trump card He had Direct participation By encouraging the assault that ended with Five dead and 300 detained An image that threatens democratic life in the country with the following statement:

“We will march to the Capitol and I will be there with you and we will fight. We will fight with all our might.”

Since these words were extracted from manipulated portions, the internal report focused on the editorial leadership’s bias against Trump. Now Trump is demanding the documentary be withdrawn and threatening to sue the network.

Republican It did not take long to celebrate Davey’s resignation through one of his regular posts on his social network, Social truth.

The boss said: “Senior BBC officials, including Tim Davie, the boss, are resigning or being sacked because they were caught manipulating my excellent (perfect!) speech on January 6. Thank you to The Telegraph for exposing these corrupt ‘journalists’.”

“They are very dishonest people who tried to influence the results of the presidential election. As if that were not enough, they are from a foreign country, a country that many consider our number one ally. What a terrible thing for democracy!” He added.