NEW YORK — Donald Trump has renewed his request to move the Stormy Daniels hush money case to federal court, where the drawn-out legal saga began — and he’s confident his legal arguments will get him off the hook.
The beleaguered former president, who could potentially pardon himself if the case was moved and he wins the 2024 presidential election, argued in new filings that he should be tried in federal court because he was president when the alleged crimes occurred.
Manhattan Federal Court is “the appropriate jurisdiction for this case,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche argued in legal papers — adding that the case “was brought solely due to the political motivation of the Manhattan District Attorney.”
