Trump’s lawyers to argue appeal of hush money conviction before New York court

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CBS News, ABC News, The Independent and the Boston Globe, which ran an Associated Press report, say lawyers for Donald Trump will argue his appeal on Thursday before New York’s Appellate Division, First Department. Trump was convicted in May 2024 of 34 felony counts over a $130,000 payment to adult film performer Stormy Daniels, which the outlets say was made to obscure its true purpose. The outlets report that Trump denies wrongdoing, that his new lawyers have repeated arguments from the 2024 trial, and that each side gets 15 minutes to answer the panel’s questions. ABC News says his lawyers call the case “the most politically charged prosecution in our Nation’s history.”

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Trump’s lawyers are set to argue his appeal on Thursday before New York’s Appellate Division, First Department.
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The Boston Globe
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Trump was convicted in May 2024 of 34 felony counts tied to a $130,000 payment to adult film performer Stormy Daniels.
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CBS News, ABC News, The Independent
CBS News reports that Trump’s new lawyers have repeated in filings the arguments he made during the 2024 trial.
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According to an October 16 filing by attorney Robert Giuffra, Trump’s lawyers say the case should never have been brought.
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Lawyers for Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will each get 15 minutes to respond to the appeals panel’s questions.
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CBS News reports that the case is expected to go to New York’s Court of Appeals and possibly the U.S. Supreme Court.
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All four outlets, all on the left, report that Trump’s lawyers will argue his hush money appeal in a New York appellate court on Thursday. They tell it mainly as a legal process over the 2024 conviction, with The Independent adding a political framing of a desperate push after the midterms.

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Left-side headlines mostly report the appeal as a court event; The Independent frames it as a desperate push after midterm blowout, while the far-left Boston Globe runs an Associated Press report.
Trump's lawyers to argue appeal in "hush money" case
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denouncedMore neutral: criticized
Denounced carries a stronger judgement than the fact that Trump criticized the conviction on social media.
…to adult film performer Stormy Daniels, continues to nettle Trump enough that he denounced it on social media as recently as September.
Used byThe Boston Globe (Far Left)
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desperate pushMore neutral: request
Calling the filing a desperate push judges the lawyers’ motive rather than describing the request.
Trump makes desperate push to erase his 34 felony convictions after midterm blowout
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eraseMore neutral: overturn
A conviction is not erased by a court filing; the filing asks a court to overturn it.
Trump makes desperate push to erase his 34 felony convictions after midterm blowout
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midterm blowoutMore neutral: midterm elections
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Trump makes desperate push to erase his 34 felony convictions after midterm blowout
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the scheduled appeal hearing and its timing
the 34 felony convictions
the $130,000 Stormy Daniels payment
the arguments Trump’s lawyers are making

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CBS NewsLeft
Trump's lawyers to argue appeal in "hush money" case
President Trump was convicted in 2024 of 34 felonies tied to a 2016 "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
1 hr agoRead at CBS News (opens in a new tab)
ABC NewsLeft
Judges to hear Trump's appeal of 2024 criminal hush money conviction
Two and a half years after a jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 felony counts in his hush money case, the president's lawyers are seeking to have the verdict overturned.
1 hr agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)
The IndependentLeft
Trump makes Loaded modifier“desperate push”Calling the filing a desperate push judges the lawyers’ motive rather than describing the request.More neutral: requestDisagree with this highlight? to Loaded verb“erase”A conviction is not erased by a court filing; the filing asks a court to overturn it.More neutral: overturnDisagree with this highlight? his 34 felony convictions after Sensational language“midterm blowout”Blowout is a dramatic label for the midterm results that adds judgement beyond the figures.More neutral: midterm electionsDisagree with this highlight?
The charges centered on a $130,000 payment to adult film performer Stormy Daniels
2 hr agoRead at The Independent (opens in a new tab)
The Boston GlobeFar LeftAssociated Press report
Trump’s lawyers to appear before appeals court as he fights hush money conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump‘s lawyers will try to persuade a New York appeals court Thursday to throw out his hush money conviction, two years after it made history. …
6 hr agoRead at The Boston Globe (opens in a new tab)

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The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 5, 12:13 AM EST
The IndependentLeftNov 5, 4:48 AM EST
ABC NewsLeftNov 5, 5:15 AM EST
CBS NewsLeftNov 5, 6:00 AM EST

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Trump’s lawyers to argue appeal of hush money conviction before New York court

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Trump's lawyers to argue appeal in "hush money" case

Judges to hear Trump's appeal of 2024 criminal hush money conviction

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