In a lawsuit filed on the night from Monday to Tuesday, Polish time, Donald Trump's lawyers accuse the BBC of distributing untruths and violating Trump's personal rights in the BBC's reportage about the attack on the Capitol in January 2021.
What exactly is Donald Trump accusing the BBC of?
What are Trump's demands on the BBC?
What was the BBC's reaction to Trump's lawsuit?
Who resigned from the BBC after this incident?
The BBC alleged in the report that Trump encouraged his supporters protesting against Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election to storm the US Congress building in Washington on January 6, 2021. However, in a report published before the 2024 US presidential election, journalists incorrectly quoted the president, conflating two separate statements and thus creating the false impression that Trump was calling on his supporters to violence.
“The once respected and now discredited BBC defamed President Trump by deliberately, maliciously and deceitfully manipulating his speech in a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.” — Trump's lawyers wrote yesterday announcing the filing of the lawsuit.
The BBC apologized to Trump for the mistake, and the station's general director and head of information resigned.
Trump's lawyers have repeatedly threatened or filed outrageous lawsuits against media outlets, usually in an attempt to pressure publishers to seek out-of-court settlements.
