Donald Trump’s legal team and representatives for Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, asked to pause the president’s case against the news and entertainment giant because the two “are engaged in good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations,” according to a filing Monday.
The consent motion for a temporary stay of proceedings reads that the parties involved requested the stay until July 3.
While a settlement in the proceedings had been discussed as early as January, this is the most explicit evidence yet that the parties are approaching agreement on one.