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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.
The US Supreme Court has definitively rejected President Donald Trump's request to reconsider its earlier refusal to hear his appeal against a $5 million civil verdict. This decision finalizes a 2023 jury ruling that found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. While the court provided no explanation, legal experts note that such rehearing requests are rarely granted. Trump has already paid the awarded damages plus interest, though a separate, larger defamation case remains pending before the Court.
The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s request to reconsider a 2023 civil judgment, finalizing a $5.6 million payment to writer E. Jean Carroll. While the $5 million verdict is now final, a separate $83.3 million defamation case remains pending before the Court.
The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's second attempt to overturn a $5.6 million judgment in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll. The court declined to rehear the case, finalizing a 2023 verdict that found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. Trump has already paid the principal amount plus interest, though he continues to appeal a separate $83.3 million defamation judgment based on presidential immunity claims.
President Donald Trump appointed Will Scharf, a longtime legal ally who has worked on the presidential immunity case and oversaw the White House ballroom project, as the next White House counsel and assistant to the president. Scharf will replace David Warrington on September 1, with Warrington moving to the private sector, marking a notable elevation in a sensitive legal moment ahead of the November midterms.
Trump and the Justice Department have asked the Supreme Court to overturn or block the $83.3 million defamation verdict against writer E. Jean Carroll, arguing his statements were an official act protected by presidential immunity. The filings cite the Westfall Act and a 2024 ruling that broadened presumptive immunity for official acts, but immunity for civil cases remains unsettled; the 2nd Circuit previously rejected extending immunity to civil matters. Carroll has two related suits, with a 2023 $5 million verdict for sexual abuse and defamation and a 2024 $83.3 million verdict for sexual abuse and defamation. The Supreme Court has not yet indicated whether it will hear the current appeal, after previously declining to hear the $5 million appeal.
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn the roughly $83.3 million verdict awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll, arguing the decision could chill presidents from official actions due to civil liability; federal appeals have upheld both Carroll verdicts, and the Court previously rejected his appeal in the related >$5 million case. Carroll’s sexual-abuse claims from 1996 sparked multiple lawsuits, and Trump’s lawyers cite presidential immunity for his 2019 comments, though appellate courts have emphasized the conduct’s egregiousness.
Trump has asked the Supreme Court to review and overturn an $83.3 million defamation verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll case, arguing presidential immunity and that the Westfall Act could substitute the U.S. government as defendant; lower courts have rejected immunity in this matter, and the Court has already denied review in a related Carroll defamation case that yielded a separate $5 million award.
Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the roughly $83 million defamation verdict awarded to E. Jean Carroll, arguing presidential immunity shields him from civil claims for statements made while in office and that the U.S. government should be substituted as defendant; the Second Circuit upheld the damages, the Court isn’t in session until fall, and the DOJ may intervene under the Westfall Act, potentially ending Carroll’s suit in favor of the government.
Trump and the DOJ petition the Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation verdict against him in the E. Jean Carroll case, arguing presidential immunity for 2019 statements and seeking to substitute the U.S. government under the Westfall Act so the suit could be dismissed.