Manhattan prosecutors fight to keep Donald Trump's historic criminal case in state court

Ten months before Donald Trump is scheduled to stand trial in his historic New York City criminal case, Manhattan prosecutors are in a tug of war with the former president’s legal team over precisely where he will be tried. Trump’s lawyers are angling to have the hush-money case moved to federal court while the Manhattan district attorney’s office said in court papers Tuesday that it should remain in state court where it began. Ultimately, a federal judge in Manhattan will have to decide whether to seize c ontrol of the Trump case or keep it in state court — likely after a scheduled June 27 hearing on the issue.