Trump gets new review of New York criminal hush money caseA federal appeals court on Thursday said Donald Trump deserves another chance to show his New York state hush money criminal case belonged in federal court, providing a fresh opportunity for the US president to try to erase his conviction. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Trump of trying to influence the 2016 presidential election by covering up $130,000 of hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed to have had a sexual encounter with Trump. Trump was sentenced shortly before his Jan 20 inauguration for a second White House term. Trump's lawyer Jeffrey Wall told the 2nd Circuit in June that the criminal case fundamentally concerned federal campaign finance law, and prosecutors' emphasis on Hicks' testimony showed that Trump's official acts were central to their case. Steven Wu, a lawyer for Bragg's office, countered that Trump's White House discussions about "unofficial behavior" did not "transform those private conversations about private behavior into evidence of official acts."

Source: bd News24 November 06, 2025 22:44 UTC