A federal judge rejected former President Trump’s bid to move his hush-money payments case from New York state court to a federal venue.
were connected to his duties as president and that the case should therefore be heard in federal court. Hellerstein rejected that argument.
A Trump campaign spokesperson said in a statement that"this case belongs in a federal court and we will continue to pursue all legal avenues to move it there.”“It is very clear that the act for which the president has been indicted does not relate to anything under the color of his office,” Hellerstein told attorneys for Trump and the Manhattan district attorney’s office at the time.
Trump has acknowledged repaying Cohen in a series of payments in 2017, when he was president, but he maintains the payments were on the up-and-up and that he never had an affair with Daniels. "Falsifying business records to hide such reimbursement, and to transform the reimbursement into a business expense for Trump and income to Cohen, likewise does not relate to a presidential duty," he added.
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