Daily Beast: “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.’ Benjamin N. Dictor, an attorney for the protesters, said: ‘We are pleased with the Appellate Division’s decision and look forward to presenting Mr. Trump’s testimony at trial, as would be expected from any adverse party in litigation.’ Lawyers for Trump could not be reached for comment.”