Trump’s Third Immunity Bid Driven by 2nd Cir.: New York Brief

December 8, 2025, 12:02 PM UTC

President Donald Trump is due to argue in a brief today that a federal court should review his hush-money conviction, his latest shot at undoing the verdict that made him the only president with a felony record.

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has twice denied Trump’s bid to transfer the case from state to federal court. But on this go, Trump’s bolstered by a Second Circuit decision saying Hellerstein didn’t properly consider the 2024 Supreme Court ruling giving presidents broad immunity from criminal charges.

While Trump’s conviction is also being reviewed by a New York state appeals court, his legal team ...

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