US EditionJudge set to hear arguments as court gives Trump another shot at nixing hush money conviction
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein reconsidering if Trump’s 34 felony conviction tied to hush money payments should move to federal court under presidential immunity rules.
- On Wednesday, a federal judge is set to hear arguments after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered reconsideration of whether President Donald Trump’s hush-money conviction should move to New York federal court in Manhattan.
- The appeals court said the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back in July because Hellerstein didn’t consider whether trial evidence related to immunized official acts after the July 1, 2024, Supreme Court ruling.
- Defense attorneys contended evidence including tweets while in office and testimony from Hope Hicks changed Trump’s May 2024 conviction on 34 felony counts tied to a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels.
- Hellerstein said he will issue a ruling after reviewing whether evidence tied to official acts requires federal removal and if removal is possible post-conviction.
- The broader legal stakes include that moving the case to federal court would speed an appeal’s path toward the U.S. Supreme Court, but a president cannot pardon state convictions.
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