# New York appellate judges hear Trump’s challenge to hush-money conviction

https://mins.news/en/item/131544

- CNN, 2026-11-05 23:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/politics/trump-hush-money-conviction-appeal?Date=20261105&Profile=CNN

> A panel of New York appellate justices heard Trump’s legal challenge on Thursday to his conviction for falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments intended to influence the 2016 presidential election.

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