Trump loses another bid to erase hush money conviction
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein reiterated his earlier finding against Trump, saying that the reasons Trump cited for renewing his request were “neither new nor legally sufficient.”
Federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has once again rejected Donald Trump's attempt to erase his hush money conviction. The judge dismissed Trump's request to move the case to federal court and dismiss it on presidential immunity grounds, stating that the reasons provided were "neither new nor legally sufficient." This is the third time Hellerstein has blocked Trump from having the U.S. District Court in Manhattan take control of the case from the New York court where he was tried and convicted.
Trump is also challenging his conviction through the state court appellate process, which is currently pending. The conviction, reached in May 2024, made Trump the first former (and now current) U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.
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