Trump blocked from moving hush money case to federal court by judge

A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday rejected an effort by former President Donald Trump to remove his criminal hush money case to the federal courts, saying there is “nothing” in the Supreme Court‘s recent immunity decision that should allow for such a move.

“Nothing in the Supreme Court’s opinion affects my previous conclusion that the hush money payments were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority,” wrote U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, a Bill Clinton appointee who denied Trump’s effort to move the case to federal court before it was adjudicated.