Trump attempts to reverse losses in hush money case and RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump is attempting to reverse court rulings in two of the many politically charged cases involving the former president.

Friday, Trump filed a notice that he's appealing a ruling that prevented him from moving the New York criminal case against him involving hush money payments to federal court.

Earlier this month, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied Trump's request to move the state case to federal court after finding the alleged criminal conduct was not related to his role as president. Trump asked for the transfer arguing the allegations involved questions of federal law.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal the reimbursement of hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He is set to go to trial in Manhattan in March 2024.

In the ruling, the judge wrote, "The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the matter was a purely a personal item of the President - a cover-up of an embarrassing event. Hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a President's official acts."

"Whatever the standard, and whether it is high or low, Trump fails to satisfy it," the judge wrote.

Thursday, Trump launched a Hail Mary bid - relying on the recent report from special counsel John Durham that criticized the FBI's Trump-Russia probe - to revive the sprawling RICO lawsuit he filed against Hillary Clinton, Democratic National Committee, several ex-FBI officials and more than two dozen other people and entities.