Trump Appeals Judge’s Denial of Request to Move NY Case to Federal Court

Published on September 4, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is attempting to bring his New York criminal case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as the case heads toward sentencing. On Sept. 3, Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected Trump’s attempt to move the case from state court to the federal Southern District of New York based, in part, on the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in July. Hellerstein stated that he hadn’t changed his previous determination that the conduct in question in the New York case was unofficial. Trump v. United States, the immunity ruling that Trump cited in his request, saw the Supreme Court holding that presidents did not enjoy criminal immunity for unofficial acts....

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