Trump Appeals To Move NY Case To Federal Court

Reuters reports:

Donald Trump’s lawyers pushed on Monday to transfer to federal court the case in which he was convicted in a New York state court on charges involving covering up hush money paid to a porn star, a move that would give him the ability to end the prosecution if he regains the presidency.

His lawyers renewed the request in a brief filed with the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as they appealed U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s Sept. 3 ruling rejecting the shift to federal court. Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying documents.

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Donald Trump’s lawyers pushed to transfer to federal court the case in which he was convicted on charges involving covering up hush money paid to a porn star, a move that would give him the ability to end the prosecution if he regains the presidency https://t.co/2HqGjta75b

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 15, 2024