While President-elect Donald Trump — and all four of the other living presidents — are at the Washington National Cathedral attending the funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled on Trump’s request to stay sentencing in the Manhattan criminal case against him, currently set for Friday morning.
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BREAKING: The NY Court of Appeals has denied Trump’s request to halt sentencing in New York criminal case pic.twitter.com/tYwXnLMnCk
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In a brief letter from Court Clerk Heather Davis directed to Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, she indicates that Judge Jenny Rivera reviewed the proposed order submitted on behalf of Trump and has declined to sign it, meaning the court will not entertain his request for stay.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday.
One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to Trump’s legal team.
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In a filing to the top New York court, Trump’s attorneys had said Merchan and the state’s mid-level appellate court both “erroneously failed” to stop the sentencing, arguing that the Constitution requires an automatic pause as they appeal the judge’s ruling upholding the verdict.
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NEW: Trump Files Emergency Application With SCOTUS to Place Sentencing on Hold
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Trump also filed an emergency application with the United States Supreme Court on Thursday. We can expect a ruling on that shortly and will, of course, report on that as soon as it is handed down.
