"I want to be very clear - our position has not changed. There is no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this," Shah said in a message to BBC staff.
On Saturday, Trump said the nearly $50 billion lawsuit would be filed this week. On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the lawsuit had already been filed, but his lawyers clarified the next day that that was not the case – yet.
The storm surrounding the BBC, often described as one of the world's most credible and respected media companies, revolves around the editing of Trump's speech in the documentary "Panorama." The editing, where two parts of the speech were cut together, gives the impression that the president is directly calling for violence ahead of the storming of the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
The BBC has apologized and senior executives have resigned. The president said last week that he “thinks he has to” sue the media company after it admitted to cheating.
"They actually changed my January 6th speech, which was a beautiful speech, a very soothing speech, and they made it sound radical," he told Fox News last week.
