Donald Trump's attorney said Trump wants to shift his New York criminal case to federal court in a bid to avoid a state court trial slated to begin early next year. Many feel a federal jury will be more Trump-friendly than one from Manhattan.
Trump attorney Todd Blanche said in a Thursday hearing that the former president's legal team plans to file a motion seeking to have the case transferred to a federal court, according to multiple reports.The 45th president pleaded not guilty last month to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments made during the 2016 campaign to conceal allegations of an affair.
Trump, who is running to become the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election, denies wrongdoing and has pleaded not guilty. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office accused Trump of orchestrating a “catch and kill” scheme during the 2016 presidential cycle to identify negative stories about him and pay large sums of money to bury them from public view. After making such alleged payments, Trump is accused of hiding the conduct by making “dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity, including attempts to violate state and federal election laws.
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