OREANDA-NEWS US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the BBC corporation, intending to recover $5 billion from it for defamation, CNBC reported.

The lawsuit accuses the British corporation of creating a "false, defamatory, misleading, disparaging, inflammatory and malicious portrayal of President Trump" in a documentary that aired a week before the 2024 election.

According to the document, the film was shot as part of a "brazen attempt to interfere and influence the outcome of the election to the detriment of President Trump," as it was edited in such a way as to create the impression that during his speech at the White House on January 6, 2021, Trump explicitly called on his supporters to attack the US Capitol when lawmakers claimed victory. in the election of Joe Biden.

It is noted that this documentary "is part of the BBC's long-standing practice of manipulating President Trump's speeches and presenting content in a misleading manner to defame him, including fabricating calls for violence, which he never did."

As reported, after the scandal broke out in connection with the distortion of the president's words, Air Force Director General Tim Davey and corporation executive director Deborah Turness announced their resignations in November this year.