The BBC is being accused of bending to pressure from the White House once again after it removed a historian’s claim that President Donald Trump was “the most openly corrupt president in American history” from one of its broadcasts.

The decision to pull Bregman’s quote came as the network faces threats of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit from Trump over its edit of one of his speeches leading up to the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot, which was fueled by the president’s false assertions that his defeat in the 2020 election was the result of widespread voter fraud.