N.Y. judge appears unswayed by Trump bid to move Stormy Daniels hush money case to federal court

A Manhattan judge appeared unconvinced by President Trump’s third bid to move his hush money case to federal court at a hearing Wednesday, where his lawyers squared off with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.

The renewed bid, if successful, could allow Trump to try to get his historic criminal conviction thrown out on the ground of presidential immunity and fast-track an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority.

Manhattan Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein...