Donald Trump’s bid to move hush money criminal case rejected by judge

Donald Trump’s legal team have failed in their bid to have the jurisdiction of the case changed (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)

A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to move his hush money criminal case from New York state court to federal court.

US District Judge Alvin K Hellerstein ruled that lawyers for the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction.