Trump's $1B lawsuit threat casts shadow over the BBC, but it could also be a bluff
LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s threat to bring a billion-dollar lawsuit against the BBC has cast a shadow over the British broadcaster’s future, but it could also be a bluff with little legal merit. The president’s lawyer sent the threat to the BBC over the way a documentary edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech before a mob of his followers stormed the U. S. Capitol. Trump’s history of suing news media companies — sometimes winning multimillion-dollar settlements — is part of...
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