Media regulator Ofcom has launched a probe into Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg's GB News show after receiving complaints over an episode covering a court case involving Donald Trump. There were 40 complaints made over former Cabinet Minister acting as a newsreader during his State Of The Nation show on May 9.
Politicians are prevented from pretending to be newsreaders unless it is "editorially justified," according to the guidelines. The Ofcom investigation will involve seeing whether the programme abided by these rules when it reported on a civil trial verdict reached that day on the former US president.
The episode involves Sir Jacob reporting an update from the case to the audience. He then turned to his guests, who included former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, the Mirror reports.
