FILE — Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump watches a video screen at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, in Salem, Va, Nov. 2, 2024 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File).
President Donald Trump has started the process of appealing his felony convictions in the New York City-based hush-money case, according to a notice of appeal filed Wednesday.
The threadbare filing is the first step in a likely-to-be lengthy process and is a formality that presages the filing of the actual appeal.
The terse document reads: “PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that President Donald J. Trump hereby appeals to the First Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York from the judgment of conviction, attached hereto as Exhibit A, dated January 27, 2025, and sentence rendered in the Supreme Court, New York County (Merchan, J.), on January 10, 2025, and further appeals from each and every part thereof and every intermediate order made therein.”
The appeal itself will almost certainly be opposed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
