Trump loses bid to transfer New York hush money case to federal court

US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order that aims to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Aug. 27, 2026.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Friday rejected an effort by President Donald Trump to transfer to federal court the New York state criminal hush money case that ended with his conviction.Judge Alvin Hellerstein's ruling was the second time he had denied Trump's request that his criminal case be handled in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Hellerstein said that Trump had waited too long after his May 2024 conviction to seek removal of the case to federal court.Trump was convicted of crimes of falsifying business records in Manhattan state Supreme Court related to a hush money payment to