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Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts in the Manhattan hush money case last week has led to a flurry of calls from his allies to get the Supreme Court to step in and save him. But it’s just not that simple, one legal expert told Salon — on the contrary, it would be a “long shot” to even get the court to hear the case, let alone decide anything in his favor. One of Trump’s only options to challenge his conviction in any court, experts have noted, is the legal theory under which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg enhanced falsification of business records to a felon…

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