Fri Jan 10 00:51:00 UTC 2025: ## Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Delay Hush Money Sentencing
**Washington, D.C. – January 10, 2025** – The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay his sentencing in the New York hush money case, paving the way for sentencing on Friday. The court’s divided decision dismisses Trump’s claims that evidence used in the trial violated his presidential immunity.
Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an alleged affair, which Trump denies. While Judge Juan M. Merchan has stated he will not impose jail time, fines, or probation, Trump’s legal team argued that the sentencing should be postponed pending appeals, citing the Supreme Court’s previous ruling granting broad presidential immunity. They also claimed the trial was politically motivated and that sentencing now would disrupt the presidential transition.
Prosecutors countered that there was no justification for Supreme Court intervention in a state case and that a delay would likely push the sentencing past the January 20th inauguration. New York courts previously rejected Trump’s request for a postponement, finding the convictions related to personal matters, not official presidential acts.
The Supreme Court’s decision comes after Justice Samuel Alito confirmed a phone call with Trump the day before the emergency motion was filed, stating the call concerned a court clerk, not the case itself. Trump’s legal team, including his solicitor general nominee D. John Sauer, argued that evidence, including testimony from White House aides and social media posts, should have been protected by presidential immunity.
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