Donald Trump: The Manhattan conviction and its sentence remain in place. He is appealing to the Appellate Division, First Department, arguing that the district attorney wrongly used an alleged federal campaign-finance violation to raise misdemeanor counts to felonies, with briefing under way through mid-2026; and his repeated attempts to move the case into federal court were rejected again on August 28, 2026.

This is one of 67 dated entries in Donald Trump's record in office on this site, filed as a ruling dated August 28, 2026. The sentence above is the entry as this site states it; anyone else's reading of it is listed below in their words.

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2026-08-28

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ruling

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The Manhattan conviction and its sentence remain in place. He is appealing to the Appellate Division, First Department, arguing that the district attorney wrongly used an alleged federal campaign-finance violation to raise misdemeanor counts to felonies, with briefing under way through mid-2026; and his repeated attempts to move the case into federal court were rejected again on August 28, 2026.

• Record in office on Donald Trump's page

1. https://www.axios.com/2026/08/28/trump-hush-money-conviction-appeal
2. https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-08-28/trump-loses-bid-to-move-already-decided-criminal-hush-money-case-to-us-court
3. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6057732-trump-criminal-conviction-removal-federal-court-denied/