India, Aug. 29 -- Federal judicial authorities have dealt another significant legal setback to US President Donald Trump, formally rejecting his latest effort to dismantle his historic New York criminal conviction. In a definitive ruling issued from Manhattan, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein struck down a defence motion seeking to transfer the state-level hush money case into federal court and invalidate the jury's findings under doctrines of executive immunity. The decision marks the third time the federal jurist has rebuffed attempts by the president's legal representatives to pull the matter away from state court supervision, cementing the validity of the ongoing proceedings.

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