Trump threatens to sue the BBC for manipulating the video of the documentary where it seemed to encourage the assault on the Capitol

The American president, Donald Trumpsent a letter to the BBC this Monday in which it threatens to take legal action against the British public broadcaster if it does not withdraw a documentary in which a speech by the Republican is manipulated.

Specifically, the North American president refers to the documentary Trump, a second chance?in which two phrases uttered by the Republican at different times are joined together and which, when joined together, imply that he explicitly encouraged the mob that stormed the Capitol in January 2021.

The controversy, added to a internal report published by The Telegraph early last week, which highlighted the BBC’s alleged “bias” in some matters, sparked resignation of its general director, Tim Daviethis Sunday.

Trump threatens take the matter to court and claim $1 billion in damages if the British entity does not retract before next Friday, November 14.

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