Trump Loses Hush Money Bid
A judge ruled Trump's hush money case belongs in New York state court.
August 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 8:19pm ET
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What happened
U.S. District Judge Alvin HellersteinAlvin HellersteinAmerican judge on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s renewed request to move his New York hush money criminal case to federal court, ruling the cited grounds were “neither new nor legally sufficient.” Trump sought the transfer to pursue dismissal on presidential-immunity grounds after his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Hellerstein said Trump had not shown good cause for the late second removal request and found the Stormy Daniels
Stormy DanielsAmerican pornographic actress and director (born 1979) payoff discussions were not official presidential acts.
