Ex-BBC boss dismisses Trump lawsuit threat with four-word response | News

A former director general of the BBC has said he does not think the BBC should pay Donald Trump any money after the US president confirmed he would sue the broadcaster for up to $5 billion, despite the BBC apologizing. Panorama Organizing the president’s speech on January 6.

“No, it shouldn’t happen,” Lord Tony Hall told the BBC. Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg In an interview published on Sunday (November 16).

Lord Hall added: “You’re talking about license fee payers’ money, you’re talking about public money. That wouldn’t be appropriate.”

Mr Trump told reporters on Friday that he would sue the company “for an amount between $1bn (£759.8m) and $5bn (£3.79bn), probably sometime next week”.