Federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein denied former President Donald Trump’s request to move his Manhattan criminal case from state to federal court, giving Trump another setback as he grapples with a growing list of criminal cases.
In an order issued Wednesday, Hellerstein said he didn’t buy the argument Trump’s attorneys were making that the alleged criminal activity—hush payments made to a porn star Trump allegedly had sex with—was related to his duties as president and therefore should be litigated in federal court.
Hellerstein wrote the “evidence overwhelmingly suggests” the matter was not central to his role as president, but rather “purely a personal item” and “a cover-up of an embarrassing event.”
The case is scheduled to go to trial in New York state court in March.
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