Trump refuses to answer questions in deposition over lawsuit that his security team assaulted protesters: report

This Monday, former President Donald Trump testified under oath for over four hours regarding an incident in 2015 when activists outside Trump Tower were attacked by his security team while they were protesting.

The protesters said they were assaulted during a rally outside Trump Tower over the then-candidate's comments that Mexican immigrants were criminals and rapists.

According to The Daily Beast, the activists' lawyer, Benjamin Dictor, said there were a handful of questions that Trump declined to answer.

"This deposition was like any other deposition of an employer who was a defendant in a civil matter," Dictor told The Daily Beast. "Everything proceeded professionally."

"On Monday, the ex-president was expected to be questioned about whether he authorized or condoned his henchmen to manhandle protesters or otherwise remove activists from his events in general, as well as what role one particular guard—Keith Schiller—played in Trump's inner circle," The Beast reports. "Among the other potential subjects of inquiry on Monday was Matthew Calamari, the Trump Organization's chief operating officer and former director of security who was present the day of the rally. Last month, sources told The Daily Beast that Calamari was under scrutiny by Manhattan prosecutors as part of a tax fraud probe into the business and its executives."

Read the full report over at The Daily Beast.