Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, has issued a personal apology to former U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his Jan. 6, 2021 speech in a documentary broadcast under its often investigative series, called "Panorama."

But the BBC has firmly rejected demand from Trump's legal team for compensation. His personal attorneys had threatened a $1 billion defamation lawsuit unless it retracts the program, apologizes, and pays for "financial and reputational harm."

In a letter to the White House released late Thursday, BBC Chair Samir Shah said he and the corporation were "sorry for the edit of the President's speech " acknowledging that the way the footage was spliced created "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action."

But des

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