Judge rejects Trump's request to intervene after hush money conviction

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

30% : Trump has denied her claim and said he did nothing wrong.
28% : Trump's lawyers argued that sentencing Trump as scheduled, just two days after Merchan's expected immunity decision, would not give him enough time to weigh next steps -- including a possible appeal -- if Merchan rules to uphold the verdict.
27% : U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that Trump had not satisfied the burden of proof required for a federal court to take control of the case from the state court where it was tried.
27% : Trump's lawyers said prosecutors rushed to trial instead of waiting for the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision, and that prosecutors erred by showing jurors evidence that should not have been allowed under the ruling, such as former White House staffers describing how Trump reacted to news coverage of the hush money deal and tweets he sent while president in 2018.
21% : Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to pornongrapy actress Stormy Daniels, whose affair allegations threatened to disrupt his 2016 presidential run.
12% : They also argued that sentencing Trump on Sept. 18, about seven weeks before Election Day would be election interference, raising the specter that Trump could be sent to jail as early voting is getting underway.

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