Updated Dec. 15, 2025, 5:14 p.m. ET
The president said on Dec. 15 that he will sue the BBC for “putting words” in his mouth and making it seem in a video that he called for the violence on Jan. 6 that ended with thousands storming the U.S. Capitol.
“I’m suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth,” President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. “They actually put terrible words in my mouth having to do with January 6 that I didn’t say.”
The president’s remarks in the Oval Office come in response to a documentary segment the British news broadcaster published last year before the presidential election. It featured edited video of a speech Trump gave to supporters on Jan. 6 before rioters took the Capitol building; BBC officials later admitted the video was edited in a way that didn’t accurately represent what Trump said.
“The beautiful words I said, the beautiful words, talking about patriotism and all of the good things I said” were cut, Trump said of the video.
The president added the lawsuit would “probably” be filed Monday evening or Tuesday. He suggested the British company used AI to “have me saying things I never said.”
BBC officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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