Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to stave off criminal sentencing

Published January 9, 2025 8:55pm ET



The Supreme Court on Thursday denied an emergency request by President-elect Donald Trump to delay his sentencing in New York’s hush money case, ensuring the Friday morning hearing will proceed as scheduled.

The ruling means a sentencing hearing will commence at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the same Manhattan courthouse where a 12-member jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts for falsifying business records. Trump is slated to appear virtually before Judge Juan Merchan and will become the first former president, and incoming commander in chief, to have a felony record.

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