US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion, alleging that a Panorama documentary used “malicious, disparaging” edits of a speech he delivered on January 6, 2021.

The threat was issued through a formal legal notice sent to the British broadcaster, escalating a row already at the centre of a broader debate on media standards and political representation.

What Does Trump's Legal Notice Claim?

The legal warning, sent by Donald Trump’s lawyer Alejandro Brito, accuses the BBC of altering the meaning of the address Trump gave on the day of the US Capitol riot, implying an explicit call for violence, according to The New York Times. Also Read | BBC chair apologises for 'error of judgement' in Trump speech edit

Brito wrote that the documentary contained “malici

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