NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday once again spurned Donald Trump’s effort to erase his hush money conviction, rejecting the president’s bid to move the state court case to federal court and have it dismissed on presidential immunity grounds.

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said Trump’s reasons for renewing his request were “neither new nor legally sufficient,” particularly his claims that trial testimony by former aides and a lawyer, along with his Twitter statements, infringe on presidential immunity.

“They do not; paying hush money to an adult film star or engaging in a cover-up of an embarrassment are not subsumed in presidential immunity,” the judge said, referring to the $130,000 payoff to adult film actor Stormy Daniels...