President Trump urged a New York appeals court late Monday to overturn his hush money criminal conviction, insisting the judge should’ve recused and excluded evidence Trump asserts is protected by presidential immunity.
“This is the most politically charged prosecution in our Nation’s history,” Trump’s lawyers wrote.
A jury convicted Trump last year on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for covering up a $130,000 hush money payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels as part of a conspiracy to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.
The president appealed his conviction in January after being sentenced to an unconditional discharge, meaning he faced no further penalties or fines. But the hush money case still cemented Trump’s status as a felon as he returned to the White House, even as his three other criminal prosecutions fizzled.
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Trump urges appeals court to toss hush money conviction
- by: Zach Schonfeld
- 2025-10-28
- Source:
The Hill
- 10/29/2025
