Judge to decide if Trump’s New York criminal case should move to federal court

While requests to move criminal cases from state to federal court are rarely granted, the prosecution of Mr Trump is unprecedented

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defence table with his legal team in a Manhattan court in April (Seth Wenig, AP)

A US judge is to hear arguments in former US president Donald Trump’s attempt to move his criminal case in New York out of the state court to a federal court where he could try to get the case dismissed.

Judge Alvin K Hellerstein will listen to the arguments on Tuesday, although he is not expected to immediately rule.