BBC Chair considering how to respond to ‘litigious fellow’ Trump | News

BBC chief Samir Shah said he was considering how to respond to “fellow litigator” Donald Trump after the US president threatened to take legal action against the broadcaster following selective editing of a speech he gave in a Panorama section outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

A leaked memo spliced ​​together clips of Mr. Trump’s speech to suggest he told supporters he would march with them to the U.S. Capitol to “fight like hell.”

Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News head Deborah Turness resigned over the episode airing the week before the 2024 US election.

Asked whether Mr Trump would sue the BBC, Mr Shah told BBC News: “I don’t know about that yet but he is a litigious guy so we have to be prepared for all the consequences.”