An Australian news program doctored President Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 speech on the White House Ellipse in the same manner in which the BBC manipulated his remarks, according to a report.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) aired a documentary program a month after Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally which included deceptive edits to make it seem like he incited the riot at the US Capitol, Sky News host Chris Kenny reported on Monday.
The scandal Down Under comes a week after the BBC was caught by The Telegraph misleading viewers by splicing together segments of Trump’s speech – delivered almost an hour apart – for a program that aired last October.
Kenny accused the ABC of committing the “same journalistic sin” as the BBC, which resulted in the resignations of two top executives at the British broadcaster.
President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Republican Senators at the White House in Washington, D.C. November 5, 2025. REUTERS
The documentary – “Downfall: The Last Days of President Trump” – aired in February 2021 on the ABC’s current events program, “Four Corners.”
The ABC included footage of Trump telling rally-goers: “We’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you. Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and have to be strong.”
The scene was followed by a cutaway shot which edited out Trump calling on his supporters “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
“They have clipped up the speech to suit their narrative rather than reality, and the true meaning of what Donald Trump said,” Kenny charged.
ABC is accused of editing Trump’s Jan. 6, 2024 speech. Benjamin Crone – stock.adobe.com
A spokesperson for the ABC told the Sky News host that the network stood by its program.
“The quote in question from President Trump was used accurately by the ABC, did not change the meaning of that section of the speech and it did not mislead the audience,” the spokesperson said. “The program was consistent with the ABC’s high standards of factual, accurate and impartial story telling.”
Trump’s attorney threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit Monday if it did not retract the deceptively edited documentary.
“If the BBC does not comply … President Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 (One Billion Dollars) in damages,” attorney Alejandro Brito wrote in a demand letter, adding, “The BBC is on notice.”
The BBC was threatened with a $1B lawsuit unless it retracted the documentary. Getty Images
Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham earlier this week that he felt he had no choice but to sue.
“Well, I guess I have to,” Trump said on “The Ingraham Angle” Tuesday. “Why not? Because they defrauded the public, and they’ve admitted it.”
It’s unclear if the president will take action against the ABC.
The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
