Another Blow for Trump: Don Loses Fight to Have Hush Money Case Moved — as Kamala Harris Surges Ahead With $50K Tax Benefit Plan

Donald Trump is having a bad start to the week. He has lost a bid to move his criminal hush money case from state to federal court.

RadarOnline.com can reveal District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected Trump's latest attempt to move his case months after he was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

In the ruling, Judge Hellerstein asserted Trump's lawyers' arguments were insufficient for moving the case out of New York.

The judge wrote in court documents: "Nothing in the Supreme Court's opinion affects my previous conclusion that the hush money payments were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority."

And while Trump was losing in court, Kamala Harris was back on the campaign trail extending her surging lead against the ex-president.

Following a busy Labor Day, the vice president is expected to propose a huge tax incentive she plans to implement during her first term in office.

She is set to announce the expansion of tax incentives for small businesses from $5,000 to $50,000 – with the hopes of submitting 25 million new small business applications during her first four years as president.

And that wasn't even the worst of Trump's Tuesday.

The son of late Republican Senator John McCain, First Lieutenant Jimmy McCain, an intelligence officer in the 158th Infantry Regiment of the National Guard, declared he was voting for Harris – pointing to Trump's disastrous appearance at Arlington National Cemetery as the reason for the move.

McCain, who has served in the military for 17 years, told CNN he was speaking out due to Trump's behavior at the hallowed ground where several generations of his family, including his grandfather and great-grandfather, are buried.

He said: "It just blows me away.

Trump, 78, has long been at odds with the McCain family.

During his 2016 campaign, he said John McCain – who died in 2018 aged 81 – did not deserve his war hero reputation because he had been captured during the Vietnam War.

The younger McCain said: "Hearing things from Trump, like he was a loser because he was captured – I don’t think I could ever overlook that."

This all comes just days before Harris and Trump are set to debate for the first time on September 10.

The rules for the upcoming debate include no notes, no sitting, no audience and no open microphones.

Harris, 59, had initially argued mics should be open – but she eventually agreed to the original terms.

Both Harris and Trump are scheduled for multiple campaign stops in the days leading up to their showdown on stage in Philadelphia next week.

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