Trump Presses Effort to Delay NY Sentencing With Federal Appeal

Donald Trump appealed a ruling that prevents him from moving his New York hush money case to federal court, pressing ahead with a bid to delay his Sept. 18 sentencing until well after the November presidential election.

The former president late Tuesday filed a notice of appeal after US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan ruled he didn’t have jurisdiction over the state case, in which Trump was convicted in May. Hellerstein’s ruling is a setback for Trump, who has repeatedly sought to delay the sentencing.

Trump argues that the US Supreme Court’s landmark July ruling that presidents have broad ...