Federal Judge Denies Trump Request to Relocate NY Criminal Case

Former President Donald Trump’s has lost a bid to move his criminal case in New York to federal court.

Judge Alvin Hellerstein issued an opinion on Sept. 3 that said the Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity did not alter his previous conclusion that payments to adult actress Stephanie Clifford “were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority.”

He also said his court in the Southern District of New York did not have jurisdiction to hear arguments about the propriety of the lower court proceeding, which resulted in a guilty verdict for the former president.

According to Hellerstein, “the proper recourse for parties seeking to remedy alleged errors made during a state trial is to pursue a state appeal or, at the highest level, to seek review from the Supreme Court of the United States.”

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