Former President Donald Trump and his company have settled a lawsuit alleging his security attacked a group of men protesting Trump’s rhetoric outside Trump Tower in 2015, preventing a public trial.   

  In a two-sentence statement signed by a lawyer on behalf of Trump and the men, they said they “resolved the matter and the lawsuit was dismissed.”   

  “All parties agree that plaintiffs and all people have the right to participate in a peaceful protest on public sidewalks,” the statement said.   

  The agreement was reached on the third day of jury selection.   

  The case centers around a lawsuit filed in 2015 by the group, which protested in front of Trump Tower over Trump’s remarks on immigration.   

  In the lawsuit, the men allege that Trump’s then-security chief hit one of the protesters, Efrain Galicia, in the head after Galicia tried to stop the person from taking their large paper signs, which read: “Trump: Make her America racist again.”   

  Benjamin Dictor, an attorney representing the group of self-described “human rights activists of Mexican descent” that filed the lawsuit, said he could not comment on the existence of an agreement, if there is a non-disclosure agreement or if money was paid to the men.   

  He said his clients “feel today with the resolution of this pending lawsuit and having this joint statement that it is an extremely important symbol for them, and as an example for other people, that it doesn’t matter what the name is on the building that it belongs to the pavement the people.”   

  Trump’s lawyer, Alina Haba, called it “an amicable settlement.”   

  “Although we were willing to go to trial to demonstrate the frivolity of this case, the parties were ultimately able to reach an amicable resolution,” Hamba said.  “We are very pleased with this outcome and are pleased to finally put this matter to rest once and for all.”   

  The lawsuit was delayed for years in part because Trump was president.  The delays ended after he left office, and last fall, Trump sat for four and a half hours of videotaped testimony.  Excerpts of it were released earlier this year.  The entire deposition was expected to be played before a jury at trial.   

  The plaintiffs’ lawyers wanted to question Trump to determine whether he was responsible for the behavior of his employees outside Trump Tower that day.   

  This story has been updated with additional details.