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- A lawyer for a group of protesters who filed a lawsuit in which security guards of then-candidate Donald Trump assaulted them outside Trump Tower in 2015, says they solved their case with Trump as the case was in the middle of the selection of the jury. .
- Benjamin Dictor, the plaintiffs’ attorney, said “the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of all parties on the third day of the jury selection.”
- Dictor declined to comment on the terms of the deal or whether the former president admitted he made a mistake.
NEW YORK – A lawyer for a group of protesters who filed a lawsuit alleging that then-candidate Donald Trump’s security guards assaulted them outside Trump Tower in 2015, says they have settled their case with Trump since the case was in the middle of the jury selection.
Benjamin Dictor, the plaintiffs’ attorney, said “the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of all parties on the third day of the jury selection.”
Dictor declined to comment on the terms of the deal or whether the former president admitted he made a mistake.
In a joint statement provided by Dictor and signed by plaintiffs and Trump’s attorney Alina Habba, signing on behalf of Trump, the parties agree that they have reached an agreement, they will reject the case and “all parties agree that the plaintiffs in action and all people have the right to participate in peaceful protests on public sidewalks ”.
The lawsuit stems from an incident in September 2015, when Trump’s security guards attacked them on the sidewalk in front of the Mexican Immigrant Building, according to allegations by a group protesting the then-candidate Trump’s comments on Mexican immigrants. Trump Fifth Avenue. The lawsuit alleges that Trump’s head of security punched one of the protesters in the head while trying to snatch the “Make America Racist Again” sign from him.
Protesters are suing Trump, his company, campaign and guards for the incident, who said he disrupted their “peaceful and legal assembly”.
In a February 2016 affidavit, Trump said he shouldn’t have testified because he knew nothing about the skirmish and was not involved in the security hiring. The case was to be heard in the Bronx County Supreme Court of New York.
“Given the breadth and scope of the business, I have delegated all responsibility and authority for the hiring and oversight of all security personnel and related security operations to Matthew Calamari,” said Trump, Vice President executive and chief operating officer of the Trump Organization.
Lawyers for the protesters argued that Trump was responsible for the actions of his employees and the judge ordered Trump to issue a statement, saying his testimony was “indispensable”.
Reacting to the deal, Dictor says, “My reaction to the news is that this is a fantastic day for our clients who are lifelong activists in the community … who have stood up for free speech on the public sidewalk and have quarreled. for seven years. And today the matter has been resolved in terms of which they are very, very happy. “
We reached out to a representative of Trump’s attorneys for comment.
