Judge involved in Trump criminal case previously did work for a Trump entity
The judge in New York who will decide whether to move former President Trump's criminal case to federal court previously did work for a Trump entity, a court filing says. The federal judge in New York who will decide whether to move former President Donald Trump's criminal case from state court to federal court previously did work for a Trump entity while he was in private practice, according to a court filing Thursday. The Manhattan district attorney has charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying Business records in connection to a hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. Trump has argued that the case belongs in federal court because the alleged crimes occurred while he was president. MORE: Secret audio tape among evidence collected by DA in fraud case against Trump Judge Alvin Hellerstein, in a letter addressed to Trump's attorneys and the Manhattan district attorney's office, said that as a partner at the law firm Stro...