A district judge on Wednesday rejected former US President Donald Trump’s attempt to move the case against him over an illegal payment to a porn actress from New York state court to federal court.
“Trump has failed to show that the conduct alleged to … is or is related to any act done by or for the president pursuant to official acts of a president,” Judge Alvin Hellerstein said in a written ruling.
Hellerstein also said that Trump has failed to prove he has a federal defense against the prosecution.
Trump was indicted on 34 counts of forging corporate records to hide reimbursements from his then-lawyer Michael Cohen over a $130,000 payment to silence porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. guilty of the charge.
Judge Juan Merchan of the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan has scheduled a trial for March 2024, but Trump said the case should be heard in federal court, arguing his actions were related to the presidency.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she had a sexual encounter with Trump. She denies it.
Source: Terra
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