Former BBC Director-General Lord Tony Hall said during an interview with the network that the company should not agree to pay President Donald Trump any money amid the president's lawsuit threat. Trump said Friday he planned to sue the BBC for up to $5 billion over a network documentary's misleading edit of his remarks from Jan. 6, 2021. You’re talking about license fee payers’ money, you’re talking about public money. OUTGOING BOSS INSISTS BBC ‘NOT INSTITUTIONALLY BIASED’ DESPITE STEPPING DOWN OVER TRUMP DOCUMENTARY SCANDALThe BBC issued an apology to Trump on Thursday. "Lawyers for the BBC have written to President Trump's legal team in response to a letter received on Sunday," a BBC spokesperson said.