The Supreme Court denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay Friday’s sentencing in a New York City hush money case.
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The Supreme Court denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay Friday’s sentencing in a New York City hush money case where he was convicted of 34 felonies for illegally labeling payments to a lawyer as legal expenses.
The high court delivered its ruling Thursday night, leaving the president no other avenue to halt his sentencing by Judge Juan Merchan scheduled for Friday morning, just 10 days before Trump reclaims the Oval Office. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court’s three leftist judges to deny Trump’s final effort to delay the proceedings in Merchan’s court.
