Trump Dragged Closer to Testifying in Protesters' Suit Accusing His Guards of Assault

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Trump Dragged Closer to Testifying in Protesters’ Suit Accusing His Guards of Assault
‘VIOLENTLY ATTACKED’
Trump had tried to quash a subpoena that would force him to testify—but a N.Y. court just dismissed his appeal as moot since he’s no longer a sitting president.
Kate Briquelet, Senior Reporter
Updated Apr. 27, 2021 6:40PM ET / Published Apr. 27, 2021 2:15PM ET


Former President Donald Trump is one step closer to testifying in a New York lawsuit filed by a group of protesters who claim his bodyguards assaulted them in 2015.

As The Daily Beast previously reported, the activists had gathered outside Trump Tower to protest the Republican candidate’s derogatory comments on Mexican immigrants. On that September day, soon after the demonstrators assembled on Fifth Avenue outside the skyscraper, several members of Trump’s security team allegedly “violently attacked” them and destroyed their protest banners before a crowd that included reporters.

While president, Trump had tried to quash a subpoena that would force him to testify at the civil trial in the Bronx and sit for a videotaped deposition beforehand. In 2019, his lawyers appealed a judge’s order denying his request.

On Tuesday, the state’s Appellate Division dismissed Trump’s appeal as moot.

“This appeal concerning the proper standard for determining whether a sitting President may be compelled to give videotaped trial testimony about unofficial acts in a civil action against him or her is moot given that the rights of parties will not be directly affected by our determination,” the court said in its ruling, “and that there will not be an immediate consequence of the judgment.”

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[Tanuki]

1. I would love to see him forced to testify, like any other citizen of the republic.

He is incapable of telling the truth, so he will either plead the 5th or perjure himself 6 ways from Sunday!

[rsdsharp]

2. I remember that incident. Video showed Schiller ripping a sign out of a protester's hands.

When the guy followed him complaining, Schiller turned around and punched him.

Incident starts at about 20 seconds.