BBC to pay 'substantial' sum for story libelling Ukrainian president The BBC has agreed to pay substantial libel damages to Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, after wrongly claiming he had been involved in making a secret $400,000 payment to Donald Trump’s lawyer in return for access to the US president. Visit us - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/28/bbc-pay-substantial-libel-ukraine-president-poroshenko-donald-trump

BBC to pay ‘substantial’ sum for story libelling Ukrainian president The original story, by the BBC world affairs correspondent Paul Wood, was attributed to “sources in Kiev close to those involved” and a “high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer”. It was also backed up by the prominent anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti, who represented Stormy Daniels and was recently charged with extortion on unrelated matters. Visit us - https://medium.com/@grahamatkins.uk/bbc-to-pay-substantial-sum-for-story-libelling-ukrainian-president-7fafa237d130