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Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected President Donald Trump’s third attempt to transfer his 2024 hush-money conviction from New York state court to federal court. The ruling affirms that the payments to Stormy Daniels were private conduct, not official presidential acts, and thus not protected by immunity. Trump’s legal team has appealed the decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected President Donald Trump’s third petition to transfer his New York hush-money case to federal court, ruling that the alleged conduct does not qualify as an official presidential act. Trump’s legal team plans to appeal, calling the decision 'baseless and lawless.'
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein rejected President Trump's third attempt to transfer his New York hush money conviction to federal court. The ruling, issued on August 28, 2026, maintains that the 2024 conviction for falsifying business records remains in state court. Trump's legal team plans to appeal, while the conviction stands despite a sentence of unconditional discharge.
A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump's latest attempt to move his New York hush money conviction to federal court, ruling that the delay constituted a strategic decision that forfeited his right to seek removal. The court affirmed that covering up an affair is not an official presidential act protected by immunity, leaving the 2024 conviction intact as Trump's legal team prepares to appeal.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected President Donald Trump's third request to transfer his New York hush money case to federal court. The ruling maintains the 2024 conviction for falsifying business records, with Trump's team filing an immediate appeal.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected President Trump’s latest attempt to transfer his Manhattan criminal conviction to federal court, ruling the defense failed to show good cause or legal basis. Trump was previously convicted of 34 felony counts related to a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. His attorneys plan to appeal the decision.
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein rejected President Trump's attempt to transfer his 2024 hush money conviction from state to federal court, ruling that the payments to Stormy Daniels were not official acts. The decision upholds the conviction, which made Trump the first U.S. president to become a convicted felon, despite recent Supreme Court immunity rulings. Trump's legal team plans to appeal, calling the ruling baseless.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein, known for his care and cautiousness in presiding over litigation in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, was selected to decide whether Donald Trump’s criminal case proceeds in state or federal court. Trump’s lawyers petitioned Thursday to have a federal court seize control of his criminal case, arguing that the case “involves important federal questions” and shouldn’t be tried in the state court where his historic indictment was brought. Trump, a Republican, was indicted in March and pleaded not guilty at an April 4 state court arraignment to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments and subsequent reimbursements made during the 2016 campaign and early in his presidency to bury allegations of extramarital sexual encounters.