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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

BBC prepared to apologise to Trump to resolve billion-dollar legal threat

Should Trump pursue legal action, the BBC leadership will face an invidious choice over a public battle with the US president.
Should Trump pursue legal action, the BBC leadership will face an invidious choice over a public battle with the US president. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

The BBC is prepared to formally apologise to Donald Trump as part of its efforts to resolve his billion-dollar legal threat over its editing of one of his speeches, the Guardian understands.

However, figures at the corporation are also minded to be robust in defending its journalism in the face of allegations from Trump that it made “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” about him.

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