US judge rejects Trump’s bid to switch hush-money case to federal court
United States President Donald Trump has once again lost a bid to transfer his criminal hush-money case from state to federal court, in a bid to have his felony conviction dropped. On Friday, Judge Alvin Hellerstein declined Trump’s petition for a third time, ruling that the president’s arguments were “neither new nor legally sufficient”.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Trump receives no punishment for felony hush money conviction Trump fires US federal prosecutors involved in probes of his behaviour Trump nominates Todd Blanche as US attorney general, teeing up Senate fight Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime in 2024, when a New York City jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
- Fact 2: Prosecutors had argued that Trump attempted to conceal hush-money payments to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, to avoid negative attention during his 2016 presidential bid.
- Fact 3: Trump, however, has maintained that his conviction should be tossed, given a 2024 Supreme Court decision expanding presidential immunity.
- Fact 4: The case centres on a $130,000 payment Trump allegedly made through his fixer, Michael Cohen, to buy Daniels’s silence, after she claimed she had an affair with the Republican leader while he was married.
United States President Donald Trump has once again lost a bid to transfer his criminal hush-money case from state to federal court, in a bid to have his felony conviction dropped. On Friday, Judge Alvin Hellerstein declined Trump’s petition for a third time, ruling that the president’s arguments were “neither new nor legally sufficient”.
Trump receives no punishment for felony hush money conviction Trump fires US federal prosecutors involved in probes of his behaviour Trump nominates Todd Blanche as US attorney general, teeing up Senate fight Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime in 2024, when a New York City jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors had argued that Trump attempted to conceal hush-money payments to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, to avoid negative attention during his 2016 presidential bid. Trump, however, has maintained that his conviction should be tossed, given a 2024 Supreme Court decision expanding presidential immunity.
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