Judge Nixes Trump Bid to Move Stormy Daniels Hush-Money Case to Federal Court
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump’s hush-money case involving Stormy Daniels would remain in New York state court, rejecting the former president’s bid to have the case be moved to a federal court.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s decision sets up Trump to stand trial in Manhattan as early as next spring—possibly the heart of peak campaign season as he vies for a return to the White House. Trump’s lawyers can appeal Hellerstein’s ruling to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan.
In an “order and opinion granting motion to remand” obtained by The Daily Beast, Hellerstein wrote that Trump and his lawyers “improperly invoked” a U.S. code in hopes of getting the case’s jurisdiction shifted.