US President Donald Trump’s bid to wipe out his New York hush money conviction has hit another roadblock, with a federal judge ruling that the case cannot be moved from state to federal court. Manhattan-based US district judge Alvin Hellerstein on Friday rejected Trump’s latest attempt to shift the case, saying the conduct involved was personal and not part of his official duties as president.

A federal judge has again blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction in New York. Judge Alvin K.

Trump's conviction in the hush money case relates to conduct that preceded the 2016 presidential election, which led to his first term in the White House.