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Trump’s bid to move his historic state conviction to federal court has hit another roadblock — this time, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein flatly rejected it for the third time, calling Trump’s arguments weak and his legal team unduly dilatory. Convicted in May 2024 on 34 felony counts tied to a $130K hush money payment during his 2016 campaign, Trump is now the first former president to face criminal conviction — and still the current one. His lawyers have pursued multiple avenues to overturn the verdict, including appealing through state courts and pushing for federal immunity relief, but Hellerstein slammed their strategy as opportunistic, especially after they waited too long to act following a Supreme Court ruling. With no federal relocation in sight, Trump’s fate remains locked in state court — at least for now.

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