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Trump tries to get 2024 conviction in hush money corruption case thrown out

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Guardian staff. (2026, November 5). Trump tries to get 2024 conviction in hush money corruption case thrown out. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/trump-2024-conviction-hush-money

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Donald Trump's legal team is set to argue before a New York appeals court on Thursday to overturn his conviction from May 2024 on charges of falsifying business records related to the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. The case involves $130,000 paid by Michael Cohen in 2016 to silence Daniels about an alleged encounter with Trump a decade earlier. Prosecutors claim that Trump orchestrated a conspiracy violating federal campaign finance laws, while his defense argues there is insufficient evidence linking him directly to the payment and that it was logged as legal expenses to avoid embarrassment. The appeal will focus on intricate legal issues, including presidential immunity after a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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As of November 5, 2026, Donald Trump's legal team is appealing his 34 felony convictions in a Manhattan courtroom for falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The case began in May 2024 and made history as it turned Trump into the first former and current US president with a criminal conviction. Despite this, Trump returned to the White House and received no punishment from the judge for his convictions. His attorneys argue that the prosecution was politically motivated due to immense pressure on the Democratic prosecutor during a contentious election period in 2016. The appeal will be heard by a five-judge panel at New York's Appellate Division, First Department, with each side given 15 minutes to present their case.

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🔮 Attorneys for the US president will try to persuade a New York appeals court to toss the criminal trial verdict from May 2024, when Trump was found guilty on all charges of falsifying business records in the hush-money corruption scheme to influence his eventual victory in the 2016 presidential election.
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Trump PERSON · 12× Cohen PERSON · 3× Daniels PERSON · 2× Barron PERSON · 1× Donald Trump’s PERSON · 1× Melania Trump PERSON · 1× Michael Cohen PERSON · 1× New York GPE · 1× Stormy Daniels PERSON · 1× supreme court ORG · 1×

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He was already the president-elect for his second term in office in early January 2025 when the judge in the case gave Trump an unconditional discharge, meaning he would remain a convicted felon but was given no jail time, fine or other penalty.
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🔮 Attorneys for the US president will try to persuade a New York appeals court to toss the criminal trial verdict from May 2024, when Trump was found guilty on all charges of falsifying business records in the hush-money corruption scheme to influence his eventual victory in the 2016 presidential election.
2026-11-05 · The Guardian
Trump tries to get 2024 conviction in hush money corruption case thrown out · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 1 hedged)

Donald Trump’s legal team on Thursday plan to continue efforts to get his 2024 conviction in the hush money election corruption case thrown out. asserted
conviction → plan → case
Attorneys for the US president will try to persuade a New York appeals court to toss the criminal trial verdict from May 2024, when Trump was found guilty on all charges of falsifying business records in the hush-money corruption scheme to influence his eventual victory in the 2016 presidential election. uncertain
Trump → try → election
The felony conviction came after the jury agreed he altered records in order to obscure a $130,000 payment to buy the silence of adult film performer and producer Stormy Daniels. asserted
he → come → Daniels
Trump mentioned the case again on social media as recently as September. asserted
Trump → mention → September
He was already the president-elect for his second term in office in early January 2025 when the judge in the case gave Trump an unconditional discharge, meaning he would remain a convicted felon but was given no jail time, fine or other penalty. asserted
he → give → time
The president has always denied any wrongdoing and has turned to state and federal courts in hopes of unwinding the verdict. asserted
president → deny → verdict
He was not expected to attend Thursday’s court session. asserted
He → expect → session
The trial involved the fee that Daniels received from Trump’s then fixer and lawyer, Michael Cohen, weeks before the 2016 election. asserted
Daniels → involve → election
The money bought, for a time, her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier when he was already married to Melania Trump and she had given birth to his youngest son, Barron. asserted
she → buy → son
Trump maintains that nothing sexual happened with Daniels. asserted
nothing → maintain → Daniels
However, then Trump’s company reimbursed Cohen in 2017, logging those payments as legal expenses. asserted
company → reimburse → expenses
Saying the transactions all were meant to keep unflattering information about Trump away from the electorate, prosecutors argue that he “orchestrated a conspiracy” that violated federal campaign finance laws, among others. asserted
that → say → others
Trump’s lawyers argue there is only “weak” evidence that he even knew about Cohen’s dealings at the time. asserted
he → argue → time
His trial attorneys also said that payments to Cohen were legal expenses and were merely to avoid embarrassing Trump’s family. asserted
payments → say → family
The appeal turns on complex legal disputes, with heavy political overtones. asserted
appeal → turn → overtones
While pursuing his state appeal, Trump also has been trying to shift the case to federal court and have it dismissed on immunity grounds, based on the sensational 2024 supreme court ruling granting sweeping presidential immunity. asserted
it → pursue → immunity
A federal judge declined to move that case for the third time in August. asserted
judge → decline → August
Trump’s attorneys are appealing that decision, with arguments scheduled for 16 November. asserted
arguments → appeal → November
The Associated Press contributed reporting. asserted
Press → contribute → reporting
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