LONDON — Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, has issued a personal apology to President Trump over a misleading edit of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech in a documentary broadcast on its Panorama series.

But the BBC has firmly rejected a demand from Trump's legal team for compensation. His personal attorneys had threatened a $1 billion defamation lawsuit unless the BBC retracts the program, apologizes and pays for causing him to "suffer overwhelming 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."

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