President Trump Requests To Appeal Hush Money Conviction

The goal of the appeal is to erase the verdict that made Trump the first person with a criminal record to win the office.

President Trump has requested to appeal his hush money conviction.

Trump’s attorneys filed the notice Wednesday, asking New York state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn his conviction last May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

The case involves an alleged scheme to hide a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The goal of the appeal is to erase the verdict that made Trump the first person with a criminal record to win the office.