Donald Trump said he has 'an obligation' to sue the BBC, confirming he will do so for $1billion (£760million) over Panorama's use of a doctored speech, APA reports, citing Daily Mail.
The president was asked about the potential lawsuit by Fox News' Laura Ingraham in an interview that ran Tuesday and was filmed just hours after Director-general Tim Davie quit the BBC last night.
'I guess I have to, why not? They defrauded the public and they've admitted it, this is within one of our, supposedly, great allies. That's a pretty sad event.'
Trump claimed that the public broadcaster changed his 'beautiful, calming' speech on January 6 to 'something radical.'
'What they did was rather incredible, they showed me the results of what they did, how they butchered it up. But it was very dishonest and the head man quit,' he added, referring to Davie.
Ingraham then showed the doctored speech to her audience, before asking Trump again to confirm he would sue the BBC.
'I think I have an obligation to do it, because you can't allow people to do it,' Trump said, citing his success in suing CBS News' 60 Minutes, leading to complete changes at the top of the Tiffany Network.
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