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Molly Crane-Newman

Trump loses bid to switch Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s case about Stormy Daniels hush money to federal court

Donald Trump lost his bid Tuesday to move to federal court Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case about Trump’s alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

The latest legal blow to ex-president Trump came in a decision written by Manhattan Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein.

Hellerstein found the conduct Bragg says violated New York criminal law — Trump’s alleged secret reimbursement to his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen for paying off Daniels before the 2016 election — was unrelated to Trump’s duties as commander-in-chief.

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