A New York state judge denied President Trump’s motion to dismiss allegations of assault and battery. The case was brought against six defendants, including then-presidential candidate Trump, the Trump Organization and Trump security director Keith Schiller, three months after Trump announced his candidacy. Schiller, then-director of security for the Trump Organization, snatched two of the signs from the men, according to court documents. The plaintiffs, according to Bernstein and Dictor, will be asking the jury for punitive damages. “Our clients were violently assaulted by then-candidate Trump’s security team.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2018 23:58 UTC