New York judge denies Trump's bid to throw out hush money conviction
China DailyXinhua | Updated: 2024-12-17 14:13 FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. NEW YORK -- A judge in New York denied on Monday US President-elect Donald Trump's motion to throw out a jury's conviction of him in the hush money case on the grounds of presidential immunity. Juan Merchan, justice of the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, ruled that Trump's 34-count felony conviction in May for falsifying business records should not be overturned. On May 30, a jury in New York found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to hide hush money payments to a porn star in 2016.