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People of The State of New York v. TrumpTrump's team have filed a motion to move the Manhattan DA's case from the Supreme Court of the State of New York to the US District Court of the SDNY. In support of this, they argue that "the case involves important federal questions since the indictment charges President Trump for conduct committed while he was President of the United States that was within the “color of his office,” and the charges involve alleged federal and state election law violations that have a federal preemption defense" and...That, under 28 U.S.C. §1442 (a)(1), it is REQUIRED that the case be moved to Federal court. (see image)  Filing:https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311.1.0_1.pdfAttachments:https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311.1.1_1.pdf