President Donald Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said Trump waited too long to seek removal and failed to show good cause, keeping the 34-count conviction in state court.
- On Friday, District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected President Donald Trump's bid to move his New York state hush money case to federal court, ruling the grounds were "neither new nor legally sufficient."
- The case stems from Trump's May 2024 conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
- Hellerstein criticized the defense for seeking "two bites at the apple" during February oral arguments, stating Trump "failed to show good cause and diligence" in his removal request.
- With the federal removal bid now blocked for the third time, Trump's state conviction remains intact as he pursues an ongoing challenge through the New York state appellate process.
- The federal appellate court had ordered this reconsideration following the Supreme Court's July 2024 presidential immunity ruling, though Hellerstein determined the defense failed to meet the legal threshold for transfer.
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U.S. Court Again Rejects Transfer of Trump Hush Money Case to Federal Court. AP and other outlets reported on the 28th that U.S. President Donald Trump failed to transfer the hush money case involving a porn actor, for which he was convicted in state court, to a federal court after the court rejected the request. The Southern District of New York Federal District
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Hwa-seop = U.S. President Donald Trump [referred to] the federal court handling the 'porn actor hush money case' for which he was convicted in a state court...
<p>Trump lost another attempt to overturn the conviction in a criminal case due to presidential immunity Judge Alvin Hellerstein left Trump's sentence on 34 counts of falsification of documents in effect. He stated that the payments to Stormy Daniels It was not an official act.</p>
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