A New York appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's attempt to postpone his sentencing in the hush money case, maintaining the scheduled date for Friday.
A New York court has denied president-elect Donald Trump 's latest bid to delay this week's sentencing in his hush money case. Trump went to appeal after Judge Juan M Merchan rebuffed his initial bid to indefinitely postpone sentencing. A New York appeals court judge has denied Trump's request for an immediate order that would spare him from being sentenced while he appeals Judge Juan M Merchan.
Trump's sentencing remains on schedule for Friday, though he can still ask other courts to intervene. At an emergency hearing, Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, argued that the president-elect could not be sentenced because he enjoyed the same immunity from criminal proceedings as a president. Judge Merchan had rejected that idea in his ruling last week and Manhattan district attorney Steven Wu said it flew in the face of the long-held concept of one president at a time. He is less than two weeks from his inauguration and is poised to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes. If his sentencing does not happen before his second term starts on January 20, presidential immunity could put it on hold until he leaves office. Judge Merchan signalled that he was not likely to punish Trump for his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and would accommodate the transition by allowing him to appear at sentencing by video
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