THE BBC has apologised to Donald Trump after doctoring his speech as the broadcaster is accused once again of a misleading edit.
It comes as the US President threatened to sue the firm for $1 billion (£759 million) in damages unless the corporation issued a retraction and apologised.
The BBC confirmed the programmed will “not be broadcast again in this form or on any BBC platforms”.
It said: “This programme was reviewed after criticism of how President Donald Trump‘s 6th January 2021 speech was edited.
“During that sequence, we showed excerpts taken from different parts of the speech.
“However, we accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech, and that this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action.
“The BBC would like to apologise to President Trump for that error of judgement.
“This programme was not scheduled to be re-broadcast and will not be broadcast again in this form on any BBC platforms.”
Mr Trump previously let rip over the October 2024 Panorama programme that spliced sections of his speech to suggest he directly stoked the 2021 insurrection.
The version broadcast said: “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol, and I’ll be there with you and we fight.”
Whereas he actually said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”
In their excoriating legal letter, Mr Trump’s lawyers said this misrepresentation had caused him to suffer “overwhelming financial and reputational harm”.
