In their appeal to the Supreme Court, Trump's lawyers argued that Trump is shielded from prosecution, citing the court's own July 1, 2024, ruling on presidential immunity. The court rejected this claim, emphasizing that immunity does not extend to presidents-elect.
The US Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch attempt by Donald Trump to delay sentencing in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.
A New York appeals court rejected Donald Trump ‘s effort to at least postpone his sentencing on Friday for his criminal conviction related to hush money payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels.
The Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay sentencing in his hush money case. Trump was convicted of covering up a payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump's lawyers argued the prosecution violated his presidential immunity,
Donald Trump will now be sentenced on Friday for counts around the New York hush money case - days before the 78-year-old politician is due to return to the US presidency
New York’s Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, also refused to stop Trump’s sentencing Thursday morning, as the president-elect went to the court after both Merchan and a New York appeals judge declined to pause it while Trump appeals two orders Merchan issued upholding the guilty verdict.
Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US President-elect's last-ditch efforts to frustrate a process that would make him the first felon in the White House.
Trump’s convictions arose from what prosecutors said was an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels just before
Donald Trump’s long criminal saga over paying to cover up his alleged sex with Stormy Daniels will end next week with a whimper, the judge in his case said Friday. Judge Juan Merchan announced that he would formally sentence Trump on Friday,
Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his scheduled sentencing on Friday for his criminal conviction related to hush money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels.
The US Supreme Court cleared the way for sentencing in a Manhattan state court, rejecting a last-minute request by Donald Trump to delay the proceedings just 10 days before his January 20 inauguration