justice-department-asks-appeals-court-move-trump-hush-money-case-out-ny-state

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The Justice Department (DOJ) on Wednesday asked an appeals court to move their appeal of President Donald Trump's hush money verdict out of New York state court, so he can try to get it dismissed through presidential immunity.

The president was convicted last year on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with a 2016 hush money payment that his then-attorney, Michael Cohen, made to Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied wrongdoing and maintained that the case was part of a broader political witch hunt against him.

The Justice Department asked to file an amicus brief that supports Trump's argument that prosecutors mentioned official acts that would be protected by the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, The Hill reported.

“He has identified certain categories of the State’s trial evidence, including testimony about his conversations in the Oval Office with the Attorney General and the White House Communications Director, that involve official acts,” a draft of the Justice Department brief reads.

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