Donald Trump has lost his bid to move his hush money criminal case to a federal court in a bid to overturn his conviction and delay his sentencing.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to interfere with a lower court decision to keep Donald Trump's already-decided criminal case over hush money paid to a porn star in state court, dealing another blow to the former U.

Donald Trump lost his final bid to transfer his hush money criminal case from New York state court to federal court, a move that could have delayed his September 18 sentencing. The judge ruled that Trump's payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels were personal,