The appeals court\u2019s decision doesn\u2019t clear Trump, but it gives his legal team a vital opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By questioning whether the lower court properly weighed his bid to move the hush money case into federal court,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the panel signaled that the impact of the Supreme Court\u2019s immunity ruling is far from settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a federal judge ultimately agrees that key acts were shielded by presidential immunity or that the case belonged in federal court,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump\u2019s historic New York conviction could be weakened\u2014or potentially unraveled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the political drama cuts both ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who built her brand pursuing Trump,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
now faces her own criminal trial over alleged mortgage fraud tied to a Norfolk investment property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With prosecutors seeking up to 60 years in prison and millions in fines,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the spectacle of Trump and his chief antagonist both under criminal scrutiny turns their long-running feud into a stark,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
personal reckoning over power, credibility, and the limits of lawfare in American politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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