Trump says he has an 'obligation' to sue BBC
Earlier, the president's lawyers said the BBC must retract its documentary by 14 November or face a lawsuit for "no less" than $1 billion, according to a letter sent on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has an "obligation" to sue BBC for misrepresenting his comments ahead of the Jan 6, 2021 attacks on the US Capitol.
"Well, I think I have an obligation to do it," Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview.
Trump had earlier threatened legal action against the BBC for the speech edit, which the British broadcaster admitted was an "error of judgment".
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The president's lawyers said the BBC must retract its documentary by 14 November or face a lawsuit for "no less" than $1 billion, according to a letter sent on Sunday.
The documentary on the BBC's flagship Panorama programme spliced together two separate excerpts from one of Trump's speeches, creating the impression that he was inciting the January 6, 2021 riot, which the lawyers said was "false and defamatory".
The revelation about the speech and wider criticism of BBC News has plunged the broadcaster into crisis, resulting in the resignation of its top two bosses, Director General Tim Davie and Chief Executive of News Deborah Turness, on Sunday.
Its chair Samir Shah on Monday apologised for the editing of the footage, but he rejected claims of systemic bias in the broadcaster's news reporting. He said the BBC was considering how to respond to the legal threat.
