Donald Trump's request to move hush money case to federal court in hope of having it overturned is rejected by judge ahead of sentencing in two weeks
A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump's request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president's bid to overturn his conviction ahead of his sentencing in two weeks. Echoing his denial of Trump's pretrial bid to move the case, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said the defence failed to meet the high burden of proof for changing jurisdiction and that Trump's conviction for falsifying business records involved his personal life, not official actions that the Supreme Court ruled are immune from prosecution.
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