In an act of desperation, Donald Trump has filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to halt his sentencing on 34 felony convictions in the hush money case that’s scheduled for Friday.
JUST IN: President-elect Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New York, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday. [image or embed]
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
From NBC News:
Trump was convicted in May of falsifying records related to hush money that his then-attorney Michael Cohen paid adult film star Stormy Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 presidential election. Daniels testified she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, a claim he has denied.
Trump’s lawyers argue that some evidence at trial focused on official actions he took while in the White House. They also take the unprecedented step of saying that a president-elect should have the same protection from criminal prosecution that a sitting president has.
Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial, initially postponed Trump’s scheduled sentencing in July in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling setting a new standard for presidential immunity that month.
But Merchan later concluded Trump does not have immunity until he is sworn in as president.
The Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity held that “official acts” by presidents are out-of-bounds for criminal prosecution. But the high court didn’t extend those protections to a president’s actions taken in their personal capacities.
Looks like Trump gets sentenced on Friday unless Supreme Court intervenes…
Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to get Friday’s hush money sentencing called off… [image or embed] — Fighting Liberal Texas Democrat History Jazz Lego Buff (@fightingliberal.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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