President Trump is ‘extremely frustrated’ with the BBC, his lawyer says
PRESIDENT Trump is “extremely frustrated” with the BBC, according to the lawyer handling his case against the corporation.
Asked by Ben Leo, during The Late Show Live on GB News, when he was instructed and how angry the President is, Alejandro Brito said: “We were recently retained to address this situation once we learned of what was transpiring. And with respect to the second question, the President is extremely frustrated, yet adamant in his belief that he is going to hold accountable those that engage in and pedal in false information and untruthful statements.
“He’s upset about it for his own benefit and really for the community as a whole, given the fact that institutions such as the BBC have the ability and the free reign to engage in such defamatory conduct.”
Asked how much compensation he was looking for, Brito said: “The figure would be a billion dollars is what would initially be sought in the event that the President is forced to proceed with litigation. If ultimately the lawsuit plays itself out, the damages will be based on the evidence that we established and the harm that’s been caused by the BBC’s actions.
“It’s a process where the President is going to lay out his demand and allow the evidence to establish and support the actual damages that he has suffered, that his reputation has suffered, and that the BBC has caused.
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“The letter completely states our position with respect to what transpired as well as what the President seeks, which are three things.
“Number one, a full and complete retraction of the defamatory statements made by the BBC. Two, an apology to the President for engaging in such intentional and biased reporting, and three, a monetary settlement proposal to be made by the BBC in order to remedy the financial harm that they caused the president to suffer as a result of their intentional conduct.
“If they don’t respond, then we will be left with no alternative but to enforce the President’s legal and equitable rights. And it’ll be up to the president to decide how and when he seeks to do so.
“The President is clearly not seeking to sting or damage the consumers and the public as a whole. In fact, his decision to take legal action and to enforce his rights is not simply for his benefit, but for the community as a whole. Because if the BBC and other institutions can engage in this sort of conduct and damage his reputation and engage in such nefarious conduct, it can happen to anyone.”
He added: “The President clearly was not inciting anyone and anyone who reads the transcript of what the President actually said, as opposed to what the BBC wanted the viewers to believe he said, would make it abundantly clear that what the President was asking for was a peaceful demonstration, was not seeking to incite any sort of violence, and the broadcast that was aired by the BBC tried to intentionally alter that.
“And so if in fact the BBC seeks to take a position that what the President actually did was to incite violence that will be demonstrated to be demonstrably false and will only compound the problems that the BBC is confronted with right now.”
On whether the President is seeking to bring down the BBC, he said: “I can’t speak for the President as to what his feelings would be with regard to that. But I know two things. Number one, decisions have consequences, and the act of the BBC was an intentional one, and there are consequences to that.
“And number two, the BBC tried to bring down the President. That is manifest, and so they need to be called to task for the conduct that they engaged in.”
