Trump to Provide Videotaped Deposition in Protest Lawsuit
Former President Donald Trump is expected to sit down and record a deposition in response to a lawsuit brought by protesters claiming his security team assaulted them during a 2015 demonstration. Fox News reports Trump…
Former President Donald Trump is expected to sit down and record a deposition in response to a lawsuit brought by protesters claiming his security team assaulted them during a 2015 demonstration.
Fox News reports Trump will record his deposition in Trump Tower on Monday. The demonstration took place in the early days of Trump’s presidential campaign.
CNN’s Brianna Keilar reported on Monday the case is brought by “demonstrators who say then-candidate Trump’s security guards roughed them up outside of Trump Tower.”
One of the network’s reporters, Kara Scannell, pointed out “a group of men were demonstrating against…then-candidate Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric.”
She continued, “It was then that they said they were assaulted by Trump’s head of security.”
Additionally, Scannell explained the deposition was put off because Trump was in office and it marks the first time in five years he will face questioning under oath.
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Lawyer Benjamin Dictor told The Associated Press, “This is a case about Donald Trump’s security guards assaulting peaceful demonstrators on a public sidewalk.”
He continues, “We will be taking the trial testimony of