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Trump Appeals Manhattan Conviction Over Hush-Money Case

10/28/2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump filed a 96-page appeal with New York's Appellate Division, challenging the Manhattan conviction.
He argues jurors considered inadmissible evidence and the trial judge made significant errors.
The conviction relates to falsifying business records tied to hush-money payments during the 2016 election.
Trump's lawyers say the district attorney's theory relied on improperly merging misdemeanors into a felony and the case should never have gone to trial.

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U.S. President Donald Trump filed a 96-page appeal with New York's Appellate Division, challenging the Manhattan conviction.
He argues jurors considered inadmissible evidence and the trial judge made significant errors.
The conviction relates to falsifying business records tied to hush-money payments during the 2016 election.
Trump's lawyers say the district attorney's theory relied on improperly merging misdemeanors into a felony and the case should never have gone to trial.