British broadcaster BBC has asked a federal court in Florida to compel US President Donald Trump to set a specific date for an affidavit filed against him in a $10 billion defamation lawsuit. � to give, Francepress agency reports, referring to court documents. According to BBC lawyers, Trump's lawyers had previously agreed to hold the questioning on October 16, but at the end of September they announced that the date was no longer suitable and proposed to move the procedure to January. The representatives of the broadcasting corporation asked the court to consider the matter at the session of October 22, which was appointed for the discussion of other procedural issues. "Almost eight months after the start of evidence gathering, seven witness interviews by the BBC and with only two months left to gather evidence, the Corporation has still not been able to question a key figure in the case. to his face, to himself, the plaintiff, and does not even have a schedule for such an interrogation," the court document states. Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC in December 2025 and is seeking at least $5 billion for each of the two charges. The case relates to a BBC documentary that edited two separate parts of Trump's January 6, 2021 speech. The montage gave the impression that he was directly calling on his supporters to attack the US Capitol. The BBC Corporation apologized for the montage, after which several high-ranking executives of the corporation resigned. At the same time, the broadcaster denies that the film caused real damage to Trump, and seeks to get the case dismissed. The trial is scheduled for February 2027.