Pakistan, Nov. 15 -- US President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to sue the BBC for up to $5 billion after the British broadcaster admitted to wrongly editing a video of a speech he gave on January 6, 2021. The edit spliced together multiple excerpts, making it appear Trump incited the Capitol riot, which his lawyers called "false and defamatory."

The BBC sent a personal apology to Trump, acknowledging the editing as an "error of judgement," but rejected the defamation claim and said it would not rebroadcast the documentary. Trump criticized the apology as insufficient, saying the broadcaster's actions misrepresented his speech and called the incident "beyond fake, this is corrupt.

Trump's legal team initially demanded a retractio...