Washington Post Article RatingJudge suggests he's unlikely to move Trump's New York criminal case to federal court
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| "Trump's case in New York involves low-level felonies that do not carry mandatory prison sentences upon conviction, but he could face up to four years in prison." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Trump's attorneys say that federal court is the proper venue to hear the case brought by Bragg in part because some of the reimbursement payments to Cohen were disbursed while Trump was president." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Trump's attorneys say that federal court is the proper venue to hear the case brought by Bragg in part because some of the reimbursement payments to Cohen were disbursed while Trump was president." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Trump's lawyers have sought to have the case involving $130,000 paid to an adult film actress in 2016 moved to federal court because they say the payment was related to his duties as president and because it involves federal legal questions." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Trump pleaded not guilty on April 4 at a historic arraignment in Lower Manhattan, a proceeding that marked the first time an ex-president in the U.S. had been charged with a crime." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The special counsel is also evaluating Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Hellerstein said Tuesday it was clear to him that Trump's record-keeping in coection with a $130,000 payment made on his behalf in 2016 was a personal matter, not one having to do with his presidency." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "In both criminal matters, Trump has pleaded not guilty and has vowed to defend himself while continuing to campaign for the presidency in 2024." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "In the New York case, Trump's legal team has already begun filing legal challenges like the one heard in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's (D) office says the case belongs in state court and a personal issue that mostly preceded Trump becoming president in 2017." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Prosecutors said Trump purposely concealed the nature of reimbursement payments to Cohen by claiming they were routine legal fees." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Trump has since been indicted in federal court in Florida by special counsel Jack Smith on 37 counts related to his alleged willful retention of classified documents that contained sensitive national security information." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The trial in the New York case has been scheduled to start March 25, although the schedule could be complicated by Trump's other legal matters." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In audio recording, Trump heard discussing sensitive Iran documentTrump was indicted in New York Supreme Court in late March on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the payment to Daniels." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "In audio recording, Trump heard discussing sensitive Iran documentTrump was indicted in New York Supreme Court in late March on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the payment to Daniels." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Trump's attorneys also pushed for a transfer to federal court citing their defense that the Daniels payment under federal election law was not reportable to campaign finance regulators." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Trump's lawyers are also trying to get the state court judge in the New York case removed from overseeing it on the grounds that he has personal conflicts that could call his fairness into question." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein did not rule on the matter but offered what he called his present takeaways at the end of a three-hour hearing on Tuesday, acknowledging conclusions that work against Trump." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "In the special counsel classified records case in Florida, Trump faces much more serious consequences if convicted." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Longtime Trump adviser and lawyer Michael Cohen, who is now a key witness against him in the district attorney's case, was acting as a representative of Trump privately when he arranged to pay Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual affair with Trump years earlier, the judge said." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Longtime Trump adviser and lawyer Michael Cohen, who is now a key witness against him in the district attorney's case, was acting as a representative of Trump privately when he arranged to pay Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual affair with Trump years earlier, the judge said." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Trump's case in New York involves low-level felonies that do not carry mandatory prison sentences upon conviction, but he could face up to four years in prison." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Here are the 37 charges against Trump and what they meanBragg's office has argued that it would be improper to move the case to federal court, in part because the conduct charged in the indictment does not relate to Trump's duties as president." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
| "Here are the 37 charges against Trump and what they meanBragg's office has argued that it would be improper to move the case to federal court, in part because the conduct charged in the indictment does not relate to Trump's duties as president." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
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26% : Trump's case in New York involves low-level felonies that do not carry mandatory prison sentences upon conviction, but he could face up to four years in prison.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.