Pedestrians walk outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

The BBC board held an unexpected meeting on Wednesday as the British broadcaster stares down a l egal threat from President Trump , a source told CNN.

The person, who had direct knowledge of the meeting, said the board is not planning to issue any immediate statement afterward. A BBC spokesperson declined to comment on the meeting.

Wednesday’s meeting is the latest sign of a scramble inside the BBC to address the fallout from last week’s Telegraph newspaper story about a serious editing error in a October 2024 documentary about Trump.

Lawyers for the president sent a demand letter to the BBC on Monday, one day after two top executives resigned amid the editing controversy.

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