Trump fails to overturn hush-money conviction in federal court

A federal court has rejected Donald Trump's attempt to challenge his hush-money conviction. The ruling keeps the criminal verdict against the former US president in place.

Federal court rejects Trump's bid to strike hush-money conviction

A federal court has dismissed Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his hush-money conviction, Google News IE — Crime (en) reports, citing coverage by the Financial Times.

The ruling means the criminal verdict against the former US president remains intact. Trump had sought to have the conviction challenged at the federal level, but the court rejected that bid.

Trump was convicted in New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with payments made to suppress damaging information ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The case centred on hush-money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

The federal court's decision closes off one avenue Trump had pursued in his legal efforts to have the conviction set aside. Sentencing in the New York case had been deferred on multiple occasions as various legal challenges worked their way through the courts.

Source: Google News IE — Crime (en)