At the same time, reports suggest that the US government is considering joining the legal process.
The trial is scheduled for next year, but court documents show that the lawsuit is now directed only at the BBC and no longer at its commercial subsidiary, BBC Studios, Deadline reports.
The defamation lawsuit came after the television programme “Panorama” edited together two parts of a statement the president made in his speech outside the White House on January 6, 2021. The segment appeared to suggest that Trump was urging his supporters to storm the Capitol.
