Former President Donald Trump lost his ploy to claim presidential immunity in the Manhattan hush money case, with New York Judge Juan Merchan saying Trump did not properly make the claim in an orderly fashion. The effect of this is somewhat different than in the other cases where Trump has claimed immunity, noted Just Security’s Adam Klasfeld. Specifically, it was never in question whether Trump could be charged for the offense itself, because the alleged business fraud to conceal the payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels took place before Trump was even president. What Trump was seeking w…