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- 摘要
- 法官表示最高法院的豁免权裁决与纽约州此案无关
- 特朗普于2024年5月因伪造商业记录被判34项重罪成立
- 主审法官于2025年1月10日判处其无条件释放，未监禁也未罚款
纽约8月28日路透电 — 一名联邦法官驳回了唐纳德·特朗普将其已审结的纽约州封口费案移交联邦法院审理的请求，这对这位美国总统试图撤销自己刑事定罪的努力构成打击。
总部位于曼哈顿的美国地区法官阿尔文·赫勒斯泰因作出上述裁决之前，美国第二巡回上诉法院的一个三人法官小组曾指示他更仔细地审查2024年7月最高法院作出的给予特朗普广泛起诉豁免权的裁决，如何影响了这起纽约州案件。
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在驳回特朗普将案件移交联邦法院的请求时，赫勒斯泰因写道，此案涉及总统的私人行为，而非公务行为。特朗普于2024年5月被判有罪，罪名是隐瞒向色情明星斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付的13万美元封口费，后者声称曾与特朗普发生性关系，这一指控本可能颠覆特朗普2016年的总统竞选。
“向成人电影演员支付封口费，或是为掩盖丑闻而掩饰，都不属于总统豁免权的覆盖范围，”赫勒斯泰因写道。
陪审团认定共和党人特朗普的34项伪造商业记录重罪罪名成立，此案由曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格提起。
特朗普否认了丹尼尔斯的指控，并在选举中击败民主党候选人希拉里·克林顿。他还曾请求纽约州上诉法院撤销对他的定罪，并声称此案是出于政治目的提起的。
他的律师周五向法院提交通知，表示将对赫勒斯泰因的裁决提起上诉。
特朗普法律团队的一名发言人在一份声明中表示：“特朗普总统将提起强有力的上诉，并将继续在各个层面挫败民主党人的政治迫害。”
特朗普主张总统豁免权
最高法院在“特朗普诉美国案”中的裁决称，总统对公务行为享有起诉豁免权，检察官甚至不能在涉及私人行为的刑事案件中使用与公务行为相关的证据。
特朗普称，这一裁决应导致他的封口费定罪被推翻，因为陪审团听取了来自他首届白宫任期的证据，包括前白宫通讯主任霍普·希克斯的证词。
由前民主党总统比尔·克林顿任命的赫勒斯泰因此前曾两次驳回特朗普将案件移交联邦法院的请求，同意布拉格的观点，即此案涉及私人行为。
但上诉法院表示，赫勒斯泰因应当审查存在争议的证据是否“与以总统身份实施的行为相关”。
特朗普未被监禁
此案的主审法官胡安·默钱特于2025年1月10日判处特朗普无条件释放，未监禁也未罚款。
默钱特表示，这一判决保留了定罪记录，可避免对特朗普于2025年1月20日开启的第二届白宫任期造成干扰。
特朗普面临四起刑事诉讼，布拉格提起的这起是唯一进入审判程序的案件。他否认存在任何不当行为，并在四起案件中均提出了无罪抗辩。
上诉法院的三名法官均由民主党总统任命。布拉格同样是民主党人。
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Trump loses bid to move already-decided criminal hush money case to US court
2026-08-28T17:04:18.749Z / Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks with cryptocurrency executives in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., August 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
- Summary
- Judge says Supreme Court immunity ruling has no bearing on New York case
- Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May 2024
- Trial judge imposed unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025, with no jail time or fine
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) – A federal judge denied Donald Trump’s attempt to move his already decided New York state hush money case to federal court, in a setback on Friday for the U.S. president’s effort to erase his criminal conviction.
Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling came after a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals directed him to review more closely how the Supreme Court’s decision in July 2024 giving Trump broad immunity from prosecution affected the New York case.
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In denying Trump’s effort to move the case to federal court, Hellerstein wrote that the case concerned the president’s personal conduct, not his official acts. Trump was convicted in May 2024 for concealing a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, whose claim to have had a sexual encounter with him could have upended his 2016 presidential campaign.
“Paying hush money to an adult film star or engaging in a cover-up of an embarrassment are not subsumed in presidential immunity,” Hellerstein wrote.
Jurors convicted Trump, a Republican, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, in a case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Trump has denied Daniels’ claim and defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the election. He has also asked a New York state appeals court to void his conviction, and has said the case was brought for political reasons.
His lawyers filed a notification with the court on Friday indicating that they would appeal Hellerstein’s decision.
“President Trump will be filing a powerful appeal, and will continue defeating Democrat weaponization at every turn,” a spokesman for Trump’s legal team said in a statement.
TRUMP ASSERTS PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY
The Supreme Court decision, Trump v. United States, said presidents are immune from prosecution over official acts, and prosecutors cannot use evidence of official acts even in criminal cases involving private behavior.
Trump said that should doom his hush money conviction because jurors heard evidence from his first White House term, including testimony from former White House communications director Hope Hicks.
Hellerstein, who was appointed by former Democratic President Bill Clinton, had twice previously rejected Trump’s attempt to move the case, agreeing with Bragg that it involved private behavior.
But the appeals court said Hellerstein should review whether the disputed evidence “relates to acts taken under color of the Presidency.”
TRUMP RECEIVED NO JAIL TIME
The trial judge in the hush money case, Juan Merchan, sentenced Trump on January 10, 2025, to an unconditional discharge, with no jail time or fine.
Merchan said that punishment, which left the conviction on the books, would avoid a disruption to Trump’s second White House term, which began on January 20, 2025.
Trump faced four criminal cases, and Bragg’s was the only one that went to trial. He denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in all four cases.
The three judges on the appeals court were appointed to the bench by Democratic presidents. Bragg is also a Democrat.
Reporting by Luc Cohen; additional reporting by Ismail Shakil and Susan Heavey; editing by Lisa Shumaker, Rod Nickel and Deepa Babington
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