{"id":2336343,"date":"2024-09-03T20:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-request-to-move-hush-money-case-to-federal-court-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T20:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T00:03:52","slug":"judge-blocks-trump-request-to-move-hush-money-case-to-federal-court-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-request-to-move-hush-money-case-to-federal-court-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Trump request to move hush money case to federal court- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-trump-request-to-move-hush-money-case-to-federal-court-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2336343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge in Manhattan, Alvin \u2062K.\u200c Hellerstein, has denied former President Donald Trump&#8217;s request to move his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sees-delays-in-civil-fraud-verdict-and-election-interference-trial\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s civil fraud verdict and election interference trial face delays\">criminal hush money case<\/a> from state court to federal court. The judge stated \u200cthat the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent immunity decision does\u2064 not support such a move, emphasizing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Shield Financial Records\">hush money payments<\/a> were private actions\u200d outside the scope of executive authority. Trump was previously convicted on 34 counts \u200crelated to falsifying \u2063business records\u2063 to conceal payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who had threatened to reveal details of an alleged affair. Trump is seeking a delay in his sentencing until after the November presidential election. Meanwhile, Judge Hellerstein noted that\u200d the court does not have jurisdiction to question the \u200dlegitimacy of \u2063decisions made by Judge Juan Merchan, who oversees the case. Additionally, the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling has impacted several of Trump&#8217;s legal challenges across multiple indictments, including adjustments made in the \u200bcontext of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-final-pitch-to-supreme-court-as-it-prepares-to-rule-on-presidential-immunity\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s last plea to Supreme Court on presidential immunity\">2020 election subversion charges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump blocked from moving hush money case to federal court by judge<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1744965\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday rejected an effort by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> to remove his criminal hush money case to the federal courts, saying there is &ldquo;nothing&rdquo; in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a>&lsquo;s recent immunity decision that should allow for such a move.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Nothing in the Supreme Court&rsquo;s opinion affects my previous conclusion that the hush money payments were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority,&rdquo; wrote U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bill Clinton\">Bill Clinton<\/a> appointee who denied Trump&rsquo;s effort to move the case to federal court before it was adjudicated.<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of May, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3018093\/trump-guilty-in-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>jury convicted<\/a> the former president on 34 counts of falsifying the Trump Organization&rsquo;s record to cover up hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, who threatened to go public with her alleged affair with him. Judge Juan&nbsp;Merchan, a state judge, is weighing whether to move forward with a Sept. 18 sentencing after Trump asked for a delay until following the Nov. 5 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Hellerstein noted in his <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149\/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.230.0_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>four-page decision<\/a> Tuesday evening that &ldquo;hush-money payments were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority,&rdquo; adding that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear arguments about the propriety of Merchan&rsquo;s trial.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan is weighing a motion by Trump&rsquo;s legal team, led by Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, that seeks to use the Supreme Court&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3030301\/supreme-court-finds-some-immunity-for-presidents-complicating-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"July 1 decision\">July 1 decision<\/a> in <em>Trump v. United States <\/em>to toss the jury&rsquo;s verdict outright.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supreme Court immunity in the spotlight<\/h2>\n<p>The Supreme Court&rsquo;s immunity decision has already begun to have an impact on the former president&rsquo;s cases as he battles four indictments, including a recent superseding indictment filed in the 2020 election subversion case that aims to clarify aggravating offenses where the government believes the immunity decision cannot apply.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Trump&rsquo;s Rose Garden video from Jan. 6, 2021, when he told rioters to leave the U.S. Capitol grounds, has been removed from the indictment. Smith, however, has added new details about Congress&rsquo;s certification process and what role then-Vice President Mike Pence was playing in it, an attempt to bolster other aspects of the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon clung to a footnote written solely by Justice Clarence Thomas in the immunity decision in order to dismiss his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump Request in FBI Classified Documents Case\">classified documents case<\/a> in Florida, which is on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149\/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.230.0_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>entered<\/a> a plea of not guilty to the new indictment via court records on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More decisions for Merchan<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Merchan is slated to decide whether the Supreme Court&rsquo;s immunity decision affects the hush money conviction on Sept. 16, just two days before Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has said he does not oppose a delay in the sentencing date in response to Trump&rsquo;s motion. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors with Bragg&rsquo;s office did object to Trump&rsquo;s attempt to refile his motion to move to federal court in a filing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted a spokesman for Trump for comment.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/frankrunyeon\/status\/1831086916499845582\/photo\/1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1744965\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1744965\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Manhattan denied former President Donald Trump&#8217;s attempt to transfer his hush money case to federal court on Tuesday. The judge stated that the recent Supreme Court immunity ruling does not provide grounds for such a move. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, appointed by Bill Clinton, emphasized that the hush money payments were private and unofficial actions beyond executive authority, reinforcing his earlier conclusion. In late May, Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying records related to payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels, who had threatened to disclose their alleged affair. State Judge Juan Merchan is currently considering whether to proceed with sentencing scheduled for September 18 after Trump requested a delay until after the November 5 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In his four-page ruling, Hellerstein noted that the court lacked jurisdiction over arguments regarding Merchan&#8217;s trial propriety and reiterated that the hush money payments fell outside executive powers. Meanwhile, Trump&#8217;s legal team is seeking to leverage the Supreme Court&#8217;s July decision in Trump v. United States to overturn the jury&#8217;s verdict entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s immunity ruling has begun influencing Trump&#8217;s various legal challenges as he faces four indictments, including one related to alleged subversion of the 2020 election process which has been clarified with new details about Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s role during Congress\u2019s certification process.<\/p>\n<p>On another note, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon referenced a footnote from Justice Clarence Thomas in her decision regarding Trump&#8217;s classified documents case in Florida which is currently under appeal; this case remains separate from others involving Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Merchan is expected to rule on whether this immunity decision impacts Trump&#8217;s conviction for hush money on September 16\u2014just two days before sentencing\u2014while Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicated he would not oppose delaying sentencing based on Trump\u2019s request. Prosecutors also objected Tuesday against Trump\u2019s renewed motion for transferring his case back into federal court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2336344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/trump-close-up.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38298,22021,33211,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2336343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-federal-court","tag-hush-money","tag-legal-news","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/trump-close-up.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}