Key facts
- A federal judge denied Donald Trump's attempt to move his New York state hush money case to federal court.
- The ruling is a setback for Trump's efforts to erase his criminal conviction.
- A federal appeals court previously ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision on jurisdiction.
- The appeals court found the lower court judge failed to consider relevant issues for moving the case.
- The lower court judge had twice denied Trump's requests to move the case.
A federal judge has denied Donald Trump's attempt to transfer his New York state hush money case to federal court, a move that would have been a setback for his efforts to overturn his criminal conviction.
A federal appeals court had previously ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision to keep the case in state court. The appeals court judges stated that U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein erred by not considering "important issues relevant" to Trump's request to move the case to federal court, where he could seek to have it dismissed on presidential immunity grounds.