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Former President Donald Trump appeared to have lost his bid on Friday to remove the Manhattan criminal hush money case to federal court, putting it back in the hands of Justice Juan Merchan, and potentially allowing sentencing to move forward in mid-September — although the Trump camp denies that the order rejecting the motion took place. Some legal experts speculated that, assuming this reporting is correct, Trump won’t likely get a second chance at this bid for removal. But Ryan Goodman, former special counsel at the Department of Defense, told CNN he thinks Trump could end up prevailing aft…

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