Former BBC Chief Warns Against Any Payout to Trump After Threatened $5B Lawsuit

1 sourceUpdated Nov 17, 2025

Former BBC director-general Lord Tony Hall says the network should reject any possibility of paying President Donald Trump as the corporation faces a potential multibillion-dollar lawsuit over an edited documentary…

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