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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Or third time, federal judge Alvin Hellerstein denied the president's request to move his case from New York to federal jurisdiction. The magistrate determined that the cover-up of a personal scandal with actress Stormy Daniels is a "private act" that is not protected by presidential immunity.
U.S. media outlets reported on the 28th (local time) that U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to transfer the case involving a porn actor hush money, for which he was convicted in a state court, to a federal court but failed. Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [regarding] the defendant in the case in the New York state court
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Chippewa HeraldJudge denies Trump bid in hush money case
NEW YORK — A federal judge denied Donald Trump's attempt to move his already decided New York state hush money case to federal court in a setback Friday for the U.S. president's effort to erase his criminal convictions.
Trump Suffers Another Setback in an Attempt to Overturn His Conviction for Payment to Stormy Daniels
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein dismissed Trump's application to transfer the case, which he took in a state court in New York, to a federal court and get his dismissal on the grounds of presidential immunity.
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