US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh assault on the ‘corrupt’ BBC, alleging they attributed remarks to him that were ‘so horrible’.
Trump referenced his lawsuit against the BBC during his address at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner at Washington D.C.’s Union Station.
He said: “They had me saying things that I never said, that were terrible.
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“They put words in my mouth. Sentences and paragraphs so horrible.”
The US President alluded to the heavily scrutinised Panorama episode broadcast in 2024, which appeared to depict him inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol building in 2021.
In the programme, a clip from Mr Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021 was edited to show him saying: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”
The edit removed a section where he stated they should march “peacefully”.
The furore surrounding the broadcast resulted in the resignation of BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness.
At the time of his resignation, Mr Davie acknowledged there had “been some mistakes made” and that he had to “take ultimate responsibility”.
In his speech on Wednesday, March 25 Trump added: “They admitted they were guilty.”
“That’s how crooked they are.” He tackled the concept of ‘fake news’, informing the audience that he has previously received payments from other news outlets.
Trump stated: “CBS had to pay me $38 million for what they said. If you bring lawsuits against these guys, they are so corrupt that they will pay it.”
Donald Trump has lodged a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, which is set to go to trial next year, on February 15.
However, the BBC are contending that the lawsuit should be dismissed as the US President failed to establish successful claims in the lawsuit for defamation and they also alleged there was a violation of a Florida unfair trade practices law.
Court documents from the US District Court Southern District of Florida reveal that judge Roy K Altman dismissed attempts by the broadcaster to have the libel case thrown out and set the trial date.
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