Trump testifies he hired bodyguard after seeing his ‘bravery’ in a fight
by Victoria Bekiempis from US news | The Guardian on (#5YMA5)
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Donald Trump has revealed in sworn testimony that he hired Matthew Calamari, a senior executive in the Trump Organization at the time an activist alleges he was roughed up by Trump's security team, as a bodyguard after seeing him demonstrate bravery" in a fight at a tennis competition.
Trump discussed Calamari in a deposition for a civil lawsuit brought by Efrain Galicia, the activist who alleged the incident occurred while he was protesting outside Trump Tower in 2015.
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