The Associated Press reports:
A divided Supreme Court refused to delay Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case, clearing the way for the president-elect to face judgment in a New York courtroom on Friday and to be formally classified as a felon before he returns to the White House.
Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to stop the hearing, citing the conservative majority’s explosive opinion in July that granted him and other former presidents immunity from criminal prosecution for their official acts.
He is set to be sentenced Friday, after a jury convicted him of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to an adult-film actress during the 2016 election.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court of the United States has DENIED Trump’s request to halt his sentencing hearing in criminal hush money case.
The high court’s order clears the way for Trump’s sentencing to proceed tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. pic.twitter.com/dGvVCplVVA
— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) January 10, 2025
BREAKING — Supreme Court has denied Trump’s request to stay his New York criminal case sentencing in a 5-4 decision. Thomas, Gorsuch, Alito, Kavanaugh would have granted
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 10, 2025