The US Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump‘s bid to delay sentencing in his hush money case in New York, clearing the way for it to go ahead on Friday.
Trump was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels. He has denied any liaison with Daniels or any wrongdoing.
The court, in a 5-4 ruling, found his sentencing wouldn’t be a serious burden since Judge Juan M Merchan has indicated he won’t give Trump jail time, fines or probation.
Trump’s arguments against the verdict, meanwhile, can be handled as part of the regular appeals process, the majority found.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would have delayed the sentencing, the order states.
Trump’s lawyers had argued that evidence used in the Manhattan trial violated last summer’s Supreme Court ruling giving Trump broad immunity from prosecution over acts he took as president.
They also said the sentencing should be delayed while their appeals play out to avoid distracting Trump during the presidential transition.
Prosecutors said there was no reason for the court to take the “extraordinary step” of intervening in a state case now.
The Supreme Court acted after New York’s top court on Thursday rejected Trump’s request to halt his sentencing.
The decision comes a day after Justice Alito confirmed that he took a phone call from Trump the day before the president-elect’s lawyers filed their emergency motion before the high court. The justice said the call was about a clerk, not any upcoming or current cases.
Trump is the first former US president to be criminally prosecuted and the first former president convicted of a crime.
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