Judges to hear Trump's appeal of 2024 criminal hush money conviction

What happened: A five-judge panel is set to hear oral arguments on Donald Trump's appeal of his 2024 New York conviction on 34 felony counts, with his attorneys seeking to have it reversed. Key numbers: 34 felony counts; $130,000 hush money payment; five-judge panel; two and a half years since conviction. Why it matters: The appeal relitigates a central element of Trump's 2024 comeback. A reversal would spare him being the only U.S. president convicted of a crime.

A five-judge panel is set to hear oral arguments on Donald Trump's appeal of his 2024 New York conviction on 34 felony counts, with his attorneys seeking to have it reversed.

The appeal relitigates a central element of Trump's 2024 comeback. A reversal would spare him being the only U.S. president convicted of a crime.