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Trump faces setback in silence payments case
The U.S. court rejected former President Donald Trump's attempt to transfer his case involving payments to an adult film actress for her silence from New York to federal court, marking a setback in his efforts to overturn his criminal conviction. Judge Alvin Hellerstein stated that Trump's reasons were legally insufficient and that he failed to demonstrate a valid cause for the transfer. The case concerned falsification of business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. Although Trump was convicted by a grand jury, he maintains his presidential immunity and asserts that the evidence of personal conduct is unrelated to official acts that grant him immunity—a point upheld by the Supreme Court. To date, Trump has not received a prison sentence; he was released on his own recognizance in one case, while facing four other criminal cases that have not yet gone to trial.
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