lable for his deposition on October 16 due to other matters of national importance' and that counsel would  endeavor to provide you with a replacement date by the end of this week.' He did not. 

Instead, they said, they were told last week that Trump  has no availability whatsoever for a deposition  before discovery is set to close on Dec. 18. and were told that Trump would instead make himself available the second or third week of January.

In a statement in response to the filing, a spokesperson for Trump's legal team did not address the reasons for Trump's delay, but repeated its allegations against the BBC and said the president was holding the broadcaster  accountable for its defamation and reckless election interference just as he has held other fake news mainstream media responsible for their wrongdoing. 

Trump voluntarily dropped a $500 million lawsuit he filed against his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen in 2023, days before he was set to give a deposition in that suit.