Federal judge seems disinclined to allow former Pres. Trump to move his criminal prosecution in New York into federal court.
Trump in 2017 wrote monthly reimbursement checks to his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, from his personal funds having nothing to do with his official duties as president, a prosecutor said during the hearing in arguing to keep Trump's criminal prosecution in State Supreme Court in Manhattan instead of federal court, where Trump's defense attorneys say it belongs.
The Manhattan district attorney's office has argued that Trump's alleged falsification of business records was done to conceal the true nature of a $130,000 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and was not "related to the color of his office," the standard required to remove the case from State Supreme Court in Manhattan to federal court.
"There's not a clear line between his personal and professional affairs," defense attorney Todd Blanche said.
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