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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Federal judge nixes Donald Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in state court

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A federal judge has shot down Donald Trump’s attempt to move his Manhattan criminal charges into US District Court, sending the case stemming from hush money payments back to state court in New York City.

In June, Manhattan prosecutors charged the former president with 34 counts of falsifying business records, alleging an effort to silence news of Mr Trump’s alleged affairs as campaigned for the presidency in 2016. He has pleaded not guilty.

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