President Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for allegedly doctoring a speech given by himself on January 6, 2021. The lawsuit claims the BBC misrepresented his remarks to interfere with the 2024 presidential election.

According to available records, the BBC’s documentary “Panorama” edited together segments of Trump’s address without including his call for supporters to protest “peacefully.” Instead, the clip showed Trump saying: “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol. And we’ll be there with you. And we fight — we fight like hell.”

In reality, Trump had previously stated: “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol. And we’re gonna cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong.” He later, nearly 54 minutes after the initial statement, called on supporters to “fight like hell” for election integrity.

Trump’s legal team stated that the BBC intentionally altered his speech to defame him and interfere in the 2024 presidential race. The team described the BBC as having a long pattern of misleading coverage regarding Trump.

The BBC has formally apologized to Trump but refused to provide financial compensation, stating they “strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.” The incident led to the resignation of BBC News CEO Deborah Turness and BBC director-general Tim Davie.