# US judge rejects Trump’s bid to move hush-money case to federal court

https://mins.news/en/item/36305

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-29 00:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/us-judge-rejects-trumps-bid-to-switch-hush-money-case-to-federal-court?traffic_source=rss

> Judge Alvin Hellerstein has rejected Donald Trump’s third attempt to transfer his New York hush-money criminal case to federal court. Hellerstein ruled that Trump’s presidential-immunity arguments were neither new nor legally sufficient. Trump’s lawyers said they would appeal.

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