US judge rejects Trump’s bid to switch hush-money case to federal court

The US president has sought to overturn his criminal conviction for falsifying business records, citing immunity.

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

A US district judge ruled that Trump's payment of hush money to an adult film star is not covered by presidential immunity.

From the long opinion today by Judge Alvin Hellerstein (S.D.N.Y.) in People v. Trump: Defendant Donald J. Trump, President of…

A federal court on Friday again rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to move his New York hush money conviction into federal court, dealing a setback to his attempt to press presidential immunity arguments outside the state appeals process. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that Trump’s renewed transfer b

Pool / Getty Images Donald Trump has lost his latest long-shot bid to overturn his criminal conviction, with a federal judge delivering a brutal takedown of the president’s arguments along the way. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected Trump’s latest attempt to erase the so-called “hush money” convi

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.

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

A judge has again rejected Trump’s bid to erase his hush‑money conviction, calling his renewed arguments legally insufficient.

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

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

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

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