Golden Finance reports that U.S. President-elect Trump has failed to persuade a judge to overturn his guilty verdict in the "hush money" case on the grounds of presidential immunity, but the case is far from over as the president-elect continues to challenge the ruling Other challenges. Judge Juan Mercan on Monday rejected Trump's argument that the verdict should be thrown out on grounds of presidential immunity. Merkan still must rule on Trump's other requests to vacate the ruling. According to a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in July, the President of the United States enjoys broad immunity for the performance of his duties, and personal actions performed in a private capacity are not within the scope of immunity.