A group of protesters involved in a reported 2015 confrontation with President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE's bodyguards outside of Trump Tower say that the president will "reject" a subpoena to testify at a March trial.

According to court papers filed Wednesday, the five protesters asked a Bronx judge to mandate Trump to testify in the civil trial scheduled for March.

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The documents state that Trump and his fellow defendants, including the Trump organization, his campaign and his bodyguard, Keith Schiller, were served on Dec. 28 of last year.

The plaintiffs allege in the case, Galicia v. Trump, that Trump's security officials, including Schiller, assaulted them when they were protesting outside a campaign event at the New York tower.

The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that Trump's lawyer Lawrence Rosen sent a letter on Jan. 11 to the activists' attorneys rejecting the subpoena.

In the letter, according to the Daily Beast, Rosen cited the court case Clinton v. Jones, arguing that the Supreme Court “allowed claims to proceed against a sitting President based on the assumption that the President would never have to actually appear in person at the trial, and that the plaintiff would instead arrange a pre-trial deposition at the White House."

“Having declined to pursue a pre-trial deposition of President Trump … the Plaintiffs are precluded from now commanding his testimony at trial via subpoena at some future date in Bronx County,” Rosen added, according to The Daily Beast.

"We are in receipt of the Plaintiffs’ application to the court and legal position concerning the subpoena, with which we disagree, and will address these issues in our formal court filing, should one be necessary," Rosen added to The Hill Wednesday night.

Nathaniel Charny, a lawyer representing the protesters, said they are exploring legal ways to compel Trump's testimony at the trial.

“If we had simply let Mr. Trump disobey the subpoena, we could have gotten certain remedies from the court, however, it would have meant the jury would never get to hear or see his live testimony, which we think is essential," he said.

“The Bronx County Supreme Court is entitled to send the police to take him from his home and bring him to testify,” Charny added.

Last August, a Bronx Supreme Court judge denied Trump's motion to dismiss the lawsuit accusing Trump's security team of assault and battery and destruction of property. The judge, Fernando Tapia, ruled there was sufficient evidence suggesting Trump “authorized and condoned” the actions of his officials.