British television executive Samir Shah, who has been chosen as the British government's preferred candidate to chair the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), arrives at the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC for its editing of a speech he made in 2021 on the day his supporters overran the Capitol, which the British broadcaster admitted on Monday was an "error of judgement".
In the letter sent on Sunday and seen by Reuters, the president's lawyers said the BBC must retract its documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for "no less" than $1 billion.
