Federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on Friday rejected for a third time President Donald Trump’s effort to move his New York hush money conviction into federal court and have it dismissed on presidential immunity grounds.

Hellerstein reiterated his earlier finding that the reasons Trump cited for renewing his request were “neither new nor legally sufficient.” The judge added: “He has failed to show good cause and diligence.”

The ruling is the third time Hellerstein has blocked Trump’s attempt to have the U.S. District Court in Manhattan take control of the case from the New York state court where he was tried and convicted.

A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team said Hellerstein’s ruling was “baseless and lawless.” The spokesperson said Trump would appeal.

The statement, issued on behalf of the legal team, said: “The Supreme Court’s historic decision on Immunity, the Federal and New York State Constitutions, and other established legal precedent mandate that the Witch Hunt perpetrated by the Manhattan DA be removed to federal court, and immediately overturned and dismissed.”

The statement added that Trump “will be filing a powerful appeal, and will continue defeating Democrat weaponization at every turn.”

The case stems from Trump’s New York state conviction on hush money charges. Trump had previously sought to transfer the matter to federal court, an effort Hellerstein had already rejected twice before.