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Trump, To Stave Off Prison, Mounts Last-Minute Bid To Move Hush Money Case to Federal Court    

The 45th president invokes presidential immunity and the Supremacy Clause in effort to wrench sentencing away from Judge Juan Merchan.

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President Trump (R) and Judge Juan Merchan (L), who is presiding in the 45th president's hush-money case at New York. AP
A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

President Trump’s last-minute bid, filed in the Southern District of New York, to move his criminal hush money case to federal court from a state court brings into focus his strategy to leverage presidential immunity as a shield against prosecution. 

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A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford.

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