The Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case can proceed on Friday, rejecting his bid to delay the hearing. This makes Trump the first former US president to be convicted of a crime.
A US Supreme Court ruling has paved the way for Donald Trump 's sentencing hearing in his hush money case to proceed as scheduled on Friday. Trump , the first former US president to be criminally prosecuted and convicted of a crime, had sought to delay his sentencing. The court, in a 5-4 decision, found that Trump 's 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. 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.
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