The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment. Messages seeking comment were left Trump lawyers Gedalia Stern and Todd Blanche. They said they were doing so with prejudice, meaning Trump will not be able to change his mind. Circuit Court of Appeals stating why they felt Hellerstein’s ruling should be overturned. Trump’s lawyers gave notice that they were dropping the appeal a day before a deadline to file paperwork with the 2nd U.S. Hellerstein ruled that the hush-money case involved a personal matter, not presidential duties. law allows criminal prosecutions to be moved from state to federal court if they involve actions taken by federal government officials as part of their official duties. Hellerstein ruled that Trump had failed to meet a high legal bar to move the case. That included checks he purportedly wrote while sitting in the Oval Office. Trump’s lawyers first asked to move the case to federal court in May, arguing that some of Trump's alleged conduct amounted to official duties because it occurred in 2017 while he was president. The case is scheduled to go to trial in state court on March 25, 2024, though the judge has suggested that could change given Trump’s busy legal calendar. The former president’s lawyers said in court papers Wednesday that they were dropping an appeal that sought to have a Manhattan federal court take control of the case, which is one of four criminal indictments against him. NEW YORK – Donald Trump has given up on his monthslong fight to move his New York hush-money criminal case to federal court, agreeing to proceed in a state court that he contends is “very unfair” to him.
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