Federal court calls filing 'deficient' in rejection of Trump's attempt to move hush money case

A federal court in New York on Friday night declined to move former President Donald Trump's hush money case out of state court, saying the filing was "deficient." 

Trump's legal team filed a request to move the hush money case into federal court on Thursday night, asserting that the move was warranted because the prosecution allegedly violated the former president's constitutional rights.

The federal court did not rule on the subject of the request, but stated the filing was "deficient" because Trump's attorneys failed to attach written permission from New York Judge Juan Merchan, or prosecutors.

“The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF attached to the docket entry for the pleading is not correct; the wrong event type was used to file the pleading; Court’s leave has not been granted; the order granting permission to file the pleading was not attached,” the notice reads.

The notice added that Trump's legal team can refile the request if it fixes the issues.

Trump was found guilty earlier this year on 34 felony counts related to the falsification of business records to hide a hush money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump is attempting to appeal the verdict, but is currently expected to be sentenced in the case on Sept. 18. 

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.