Judge Again Denies Trump’s Request to Move Hush-Money Case to Federal Court

The ruling, from Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, blocks President Trump’s quickest path to overturning his 2024 conviction for covering up hush-money payments to a porn star.

Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels.

A federal judge on Friday once again spurned Donald Trump’s effort to erase his hush money conviction, rejecting the president’s bid to move the state court case to federal court.

A federal judge on Friday once again spurned Donald Trump’s effort to erase his hush money conviction, rejecting the U.S. president’s bid to move the state court case to federal court and have it dismissed on presidential immunity grounds.

It is the third time Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has blocked Trump from having the U.S. District Court in Manhattan seize control of the case from the New York court where he was tried and convicted.

Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that Trump waited too long after his May 2024 conviction to seek removal of the case

Trump loses bid to move already-decided criminal hush money case to US court  Reuters

President Donald Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction  AP News

The decision comes as Trump is directly challenging his conviction on 34 felony counts before a state appeals court.

President Trump had sought to move his state court conviction to a federal jurisdiction, though a judge has blocked that effort

New York judge says president’s arguments were ‘neither new nor legally sufficient’

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

Judge rejects Trump’s newest bid to fight hush money conviction in federal court  CNN

It is the third time the judge has blocked Trump from having the U.S. District Court in Manhattan seize control of the case from the New York court

President Donald Trump loses again in bid to erase his hush money conviction  Toronto Star

A federal judge has again blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction in New York

Minnesota authorities had argued in court that Castro, jailed in the Gulf Coast border city of Brownsville, Texas, since May 29, was a flight risk if he were released.

A federal judge on Wednesday denied Minnesota's request for a temporary restraining order to halt the release of the ICE agent sought for extradition in a shooting earlier this year in north Minneapolis amid Operation Metro Surge, and then lying about the circumstances under oath.

A Texas law restricting “sexually oriented performances” was struck down after a federal judge said it could apply to everything from cheerleading to karaoke to performances by Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, and Miley Cyrus.

Federal Judge Again Rules Texas Ban On Drag Shows Unconstitutional  HuffPost

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