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Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Daily Mail
I just got my first conviction in my 50s for driving 4mph above the speed limit while rushing my ill father to hospital. This is the cynical reason hard-working people are being targeted: CARINA FOSTER
Earlier this week I found myself in the dock of a London court receiving the news that for the first time in my fiftysomething years I now have a criminal conviction. This would be a horrifying enough moment for anyone who, like me, prides themselves on being an upstanding member of society – but on this occasion my humiliation and distress was matched by a searing anger.
New York Times
11-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Trump Fights to Move Appeal of Hush-Money Conviction to Federal Court
President Trump's fight to overturn his criminal conviction returned to the spotlight on Wednesday, as his legal team clashed with the Manhattan district attorney's office over whether the appeals process should play out in state or federal court. Mr. Trump was convicted last spring of 34 felonies related to his attempts to cover up sex scandals during his 2016 run for the White House. His lawyers have argued several times that the case properly belongs in federal court, rather than the New York State Court in which it was brought, given that evidence in the case involved actions taken during his first presidency. Prosecutors working for the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, have countered that the accusations of which Mr. Trump was eventually found guilty — the falsification of 34 business records to disguise reimbursements for a hush-money payment to a porn star — have nothing to do with the presidency and that Mr. Trump was acting in his capacity as a private citizen. A federal judge who has scrutinized the case, Alvin K. Hellerstein, has agreed with the Manhattan prosecutors. But Mr. Trump's lawyers have appealed Mr. Hellerstein's decision, leading to the arguments on Wednesday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan. There, a lawyer from Mr. Trump's new legal team, Jeffrey B. Wall, argued that the Supreme Court's 2024 decision on presidential immunity — which held that Mr. Trump was immune from prosecution for acts taken in his official presidential capacity — provided a new rationale for moving the criminal case to federal court. Doing so could allow Mr. Trump's lawyers to appear in a more favorable forum for persuading judges to overturn the case — four Supreme Court justice have already indicated that they might be favorable to his point of view. However, Mr. Trump could not pardon himself for the state conviction even if the case was moved to federal court. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Forbes
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Forbes
Trump Hush Money Conviction: How Appeals Court Could Kill Trump's Felony Charges
Federal appeals court judges suggested Wednesday they may be willing to move President Donald Trump's appeal of his 34-count criminal conviction from state to federal court, a move that could make it easier to throw out the only felony conviction against Trump—and all but erase the president's felony charges. President Donald Trump's booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, ... More Georgia. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in Trump's request to have his appeal of his conviction heard in federal court, rather than New York state court, which is where he was convicted last year on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The three-judge panel, which included judges appointed by Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, suggested they may be amenable to Trump's request, arguing that since the Supreme Court ruled after Trump was found guilty that he can't be criminally charged based on 'official acts' in office, there's a 'strong interest' in letting a federal court decide the 'weighty interests' at play in the case. Trump was convicted on felony charges stemming from hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, which were made before the 2016 election, but his attorneys have argued the case should be moved to federal court and thrown out, because some of the evidence used at trial was from his time as president, particularly testimony from people who worked with him at the White House during his first term. The president is appealing the case despite facing no sentence for his crimes—due to the logistical issues any sentence would pose with his presidency—and wants to move it to federal court so the case will be thrown out. If the case was in federal court, Trump could ask to have the conviction dismissed because it involved evidence related to his official acts as president—and a court could be likely to grant the request given the Supreme Court's ruling last year, which said Trump's immunity from some criminal charges includes charges that are based on evidence from his official presidential acts. The case has so far stayed in state court because judges have ruled the case only concerns Trump's actions as a private citizen, rather than as president: New York Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw the trial, has thrown out Trump's request to move or throw out the charges, as did U.S. District Judge Alan Hellerstein, who ruled the payments at issue in the case 'were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority.' The three-judge panel expressed some skepticism Wednesday of Trump's efforts to have the case moved after he had already been sentenced, noting that moving a criminal case from state to federal court at such a late stage would be unprecedented. The judges didn't rule out the possibility that doing so would be allowed, however, pushing back on prosecutors' suggestion that it's impossible to move the case at such a late stage and saying there are 'competing interpretations' of the law on that issue. Judges also questioned prosecutors' claims that the evidence concerning Trump's time as president shouldn't be enough to justify moving the case—because the evidence was relatively minor—noting the Supreme Court's language on evidence being included under presidential immunity was 'very broad' and thus could even include such minor testimony. While judges noted the unprecedented nature of criminal charges against a former president means the 'boundaries [of the case] are not clear,' they suggested they could be leaning toward allowing the case to be removed to federal court, asking both parties in the case about what the logistics would look like if they did order removal. The hush money case is the only criminal case against Trump that actually went to trial, as the president has been overwhelmingly able to get out of the criminal charges against him. The two federal cases brought against the now-president were dropped in the wake of his election, and while Trump's other set of state criminal charges in Georgia remain pending, that case is a long shot to move forward. A state court ruled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who led the prosecution, should be disqualified over her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade. The Georgia Supreme Court still has to weigh in on the dispute, but if it agrees Willis should be kicked off the case, it remains to be seen when Trump could go to trial—and if he ever will. That means if the appeals court does rule Trump's hush money case should move to federal court and the case is subsequently dismissed, it could erase the only criminal conviction against Trump and the president's status as a 'convicted felon.' It's unclear how long it will take the appeals court to rule on the case. If the court agrees with lower court judges and declines to move the case to federal court, Trump could take the dispute to the Supreme Court and ask justices there to rule on his conviction. Trump will be backed at the federal appeals court by the Department of Justice—which includes the defense attorneys that previously represented him in a personal capacity at his criminal trial. The president appointed his former legal team to high-ranking roles at the DOJ after he won the election, making the lead attorney at his trial, Todd Blanche, the Deputy Attorney General and also elevating attorney Emil Bove, who is now serving at DOJ and has also been nominated to become a federal judge. With his former lawyers now working for the government, Trump will be represented in a personal capacity Wednesday by new attorneys from the firm Sullivan & Cromwell. A jury in Manhattan found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts following a weekslong criminal trial in May 2024. Trump was convicted based on his checks to Cohen reimbursing the lawyer for his payment to Daniels, as prosecutors successfully alleged the checks were falsely labeled as being for legal services. The president has strongly denied the charges and conviction against him and pleaded not guilty, decrying the case as a politically motivated 'witch hunt' against him. After the sentencing got postponed for months in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling giving Trump some immunity from legal charges, followed by Trump's election, Merchan formally sentenced Trump for his crimes in January. Trump was sentenced to an 'unconditional discharge,' meaning the conviction will stand and Trump can be formally called a 'convicted felon,' but he faces no punishments for his crimes. The judge said at the sentencing that the decision was solely because of Trump's election as president, saying an unconditional discharge is the only 'lawful sentence' that would not '[encroach] upon the highest office in the land.'
Washington Post
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
The Latest: Federal appeals court to hear arguments in Trump's bid to erase hush money conviction
Federal appellate judges will hear President Donald Trump's quest to erase his criminal conviction on Wednesday — one of the ways he's trying to get last year's hush money verdict overturned. A three-judge panel is set to consider Trump's efforts to get the New York case moved from state court to federal court, where he could then try to have the verdict thrown out on presidential immunity grounds.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Yahoo
Lakeville man sentenced in first wage theft criminal conviction in state
A Lakeville man was sentenced Friday in connection with the first wage theft criminal conviction in state history. Frederick Leon Newell, 59, was sentenced Friday on one count of wage theft and one count of theft by swindle, following the enactment of the 2019 law. Following state sentencing guidelines, Newell was given stays of imposition of sentence on both counts and a probationary period of three years. In addition, he will be required to complete 200 hours of community service work. He was also ordered to pay more than $42,000 in restitution and may not bid on or participate in new public contracts. 'This wage-theft conviction is the first of its kind in Minnesota. It is an important step forward in our efforts to protect workers,' Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. 'This type of behavior will not be tolerated. Mr. Newell was entrusted with public funds to pay his staff for their labor on a public works project. Instead, he siphoned their money for himself.' According to the criminal complaint, Newell committed wage theft by failing to pay employees at his company at the rate of pay required by law. Newell owned Integrated Painting Solutions in Apple Valley, according to the criminal complaint. Newell's company secured a bid to do work on the Redwell apartment complex at 1020 N. Third St. in Minneapolis. He hired seven people to paint and do cleaning. All that work was subject to wage requirements under city ordinance and state and federal law. His trial ran from Jan. 16 to Jan. 22, and the court delivered the verdict on April 9. In total, five employees of Mr. Newell's company were underpaid by a total of at least $37,001.44 between June 8, 2020, and Dec. 4, 2020, for painting and cleaning labor. On the theft by swindle charge, Mr. Newell continued to accept payments from a general contractor over the course of a project despite knowing that his company was in financial distress, was not paying prevailing wage and was concealing hours worked by employees. St. Paul fire inspector charged in assault of 13-year-old on way to school Police: Gunshots followed Burnsville High School graduation ceremony, but no injuries Brooklyn Center attorney suspended by Minnesota Supreme Court Apple Valley woman latest to be charged in Feeding Our Future fraud U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer charged with possessing child porn
