A federal appeals court on Thursday gave new life to President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction , ordering a lower court to reconsider its decision to keep the case in state court instead of moving it to federal court.

A three-judge panel in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein erred by failing to consider “important issues relevant” to Trump's request to move the New York case to federal court, where he can seek to have it thrown out on presidential immunity grounds.

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A federal appeals court has given new life to President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his New York hush money conviction

A three-judge panel on Thursday ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision to keep the

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