Judge sets hearing date on Trump's motion to move criminal case to federal court
Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film actress Story Daniels. A federal judge in New York on Tuesday set a hearing next month to consider whether former President Donald Trump should be allowed to move his criminal case from State Supreme Court in Manhattan to federal court . Judge Alvin Hellerstein set the hearing for June 27. "In the meantime, proceedings may continue in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County," Hellerstein's order said. That means Trump and the Manhattan district attorney's office must, as ordered at a hearing last week, work together to pick a trial date for some time in February or March 2024. Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film actress Story Daniels in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign. MORE: The Manhattan DA...