The case stemmed from a $130,000 payment that Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.

A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the case’s overall future remains unclear.

A judge on Monday ruled that Donald Trump' s conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal should stand, rejecting the U.S. president-elect's argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling nullified the verdict, the New York Times reported.

Justice Juan M. Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan's decision eliminates one potential off-ramp from the case ahead of Trump’s return to office next month, but his lawyers have raised other arguments for dismissal. Prosecutors have said there should be some accommodation for his upcoming presidency,

Ruling concludes that the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity didn’t void the prosecution.

A judge on Monday ruled that Donald Trump's conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal should stand, rejecting the president-elect's argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling nullified the verdict,

A New York judge refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial, The New York Times reported Monday. Judge Juan Merchan’s decision will maintain Trump’s felony conviction as he prepares for his inauguration,

President-elect Donald Trump does not have immunity from prosecution in the so-called hush money case where a jury found him guilty earlier this year, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday night.