{"id":29721,"date":"2026-02-09T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=29721"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:04:09","slug":"appeals-court-allows-trump-to-revive-effort-to-overturn-hush-money-conviction-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=29721","title":{"rendered":"Appeals Court Allows Trump To Revive Effort to Overturn \u2018Hush Money\u2019 Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with his effort to overturn his criminal conviction in the hush money case in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Trump is seeking to transfer the case from New York state court to federal court, arguing that a federal judge should dismiss the jury\u2019s 34-count guilty verdict based on the Supreme Court\u2019s recent ruling on presidential immunity,\u00a0The Hill reported.<\/p>\n

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit said it \u201ccannot be confident\u201d that the lower court properly weighed Trump\u2019s arguments in his effort to transfer the case to federal court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court bypassed what we consider to be important issues bearing on the ultimate issue of good cause,\u201d the panel noted in its ruling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe leave it to the able and experienced District Judge to decide whether to solicit further briefing from the parties or hold a hearing to help it resolve these issues,\u201d the panel added.<\/p>\n

The panel included U.S. Circuit Judges Raymond Lohier and Susan Carney, both appointed by former President Obama, as well as U.S. Circuit Judge Myrna P\u00e9rez, who was appointed by former President Biden.<\/p>\n

Trump was convicted last year on charges of falsifying business records related to payments intended to conceal an alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPresident Trump continues to win in his fight against Radical Democrat Lawfare,\u201d a spokesperson for Trump\u2019s legal team said in a statement. \u201cThe Supreme Court\u2019s historic decision on Immunity, the Federal and New York State Constitutions, and other established legal precedent mandate that the Witch Hunt perpetrated by the Manhattan DA be immediately overturned and dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump will keep defeating Democrat weaponization at every turn as he focuses on his singular mission to Make America Great Again,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been a rough few weeks for James as she battles her own personal court case.<\/p>\n

The judge presiding over New York Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 mortgage fraud case on Friday rejected a motion seeking to compel federal prosecutors to maintain a log of all their communications with the media.<\/p>\n

Defense attorney Abbe Lowell had filed the request last week, following James\u2019 arraignment on charges of bank fraud and making false statements. The motion cited a report alleging that U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan exchanged a series of encrypted Signal messages with a reporter regarding the case,\u00a0the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n

Walker further wrote that while Halligan\u2019s Signal chat with Lawfare senior editor Anna Bower earlier this month was \u201cunusual,\u201d he nevertheless declined to offer an opinion \u201con whether they were improper in any sense, either legal or ethical.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to order federal prosecutors to follow all rules of the court but did not suggest that they had violated any so far.<\/p>\n

He also ordered a \u201clitigation hold preventing the deletion or destruction of any records or communications having to do with the investigation or prosecution of this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Halligan\u2019s Signal messages to the reporter were configured to automatically disappear after eight hours, The Post reported.<\/p>\n

The judge did not address whether Halligan\u2019s communications \u2014 which reportedly disputed a New York Times story revealing that James\u2019 grandniece told a grand jury she had never paid rent on the Norfolk, Va., property at the center of the case \u2014 constituted material subject to discovery requirements.<\/p>\n

In response to James\u2019 motion, federal prosecutors requested that Judge Walker impose a gag order on the New York attorney general \u2014 a request he declined.<\/p>\n

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James pleaded not guilty last week to one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution.<\/p>\n

According to the indictment, the longtime Trump adversary purchased a three-bedroom, one-bathroom home on Peronne Avenue in Norfolk on August 17, 2020, using a $109,600 loan that included a \u201csecond home rider\u201d identifying her as the sole occupant. That designation allegedly allowed James to secure more favorable mortgage terms, saving her nearly $19,000.<\/p>\n

However, prosecutors say the home \u201cwas not occupied or used\u201d by James, but \u201cwas instead used as a rental investment property\u201d to house her grandniece, Nakia Thompson.<\/p>\n

If convicted on both counts, James faces up to 60 years in prison and a $2 million fine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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