More than a year after Donald Trump was convicted in a Manhattan courtroom, federal appeals court judges in New York are now wrestling with the scope of a sweeping Supreme Court ruling that shields a president from criminal prosecution for actions tied to his “official” duties in office.
A three-judge panel in Manhattan heard long-gestating arguments Wednesday from the president’s legal team in an effort to remove his historic hush money case into federal court — where a Department of Justice stocked with Trump loyalists could make the case disappear.
