A judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to transfer his New York “hush money” criminal case to federal court. The ruling keeps the state prosecution on track after Trump sought to move the matter out of New York state court.
In filings described by multiple outlets, Trump frames the transfer as a way to revisit issues tied to immunity arguments that he had previously raised and that were dismissed or not resolved as he sought. The case involves alleged conduct connected to events before the 2016 presidential election. That timeline is tied to Trump’s first term as president.
While the outlets agree on the outcome—Trump’s bid fails—they describe the procedural aim differently: one emphasizes that Trump’s conviction stems from conduct preceding the 2016 election, while the other highlights Trump’s attempt to revive earlier immunity claims by remanding the case to federal court. Both accounts characterize the request as unlikely to succeed.
