Trump’s Bid to Move New York Case to Federal Court Delayed by Procedural Misstep

Attorneys for the Republican presidential candidate are seeking to move his state criminal case ahead of sentencing in September.

Former President Donald Trump departs the courtroom after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his so-called “hush money” trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 30, 2024. Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images

A federal court in New York on Friday, in a procedural notice, flagged a deficiency in former President Donald Trump’s latest legal filing in which his attorneys sought to move his state criminal case to federal court ahead of sentencing next month.

Trump’s attorneys argued in a filing on Thursday that if kept in state court, the case could result in Trump’s incarceration before the 2024 presidential election. They asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to intervene ahead of sentencing in September.