Trump settles lawsuit filed by protesters over 2015 scuffle

Former President Donald Trump has settled ahead of a civil trial with protesters (Nick Wagner/AP/PA)

Former US President Donald Trump has settled a lawsuit filed by a group of protesters who say they were roughed up by the Republican’s private security guards during his 2015 presidential campaign.

The two sides settled as a jury was being selected in a New York courtroom for a civil trial, one of a spate of legal entanglements involving the former president.