Donald Trump faces imminent sentencing in his hush money case, but is seeking to delay proceedings as he appeals the guilty verdict.
Prosecutors accused Trump of pushing his sentencing to the brink of his second term by repeatedly seeking to postpone it, originally scheduled for July. His attempt to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money case while he appeals a ruling that upheld the verdict was thwarted Monday. The ruling puts him on course to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.
Trump’s lawyers said it should be halted while they ask a state appeals court to reverse his decision to let the conviction stand. Trump can still ask the appeals court to intervene and order a stay, or pause. Otherwise, he'll be sentenced a little more than a week before he is inaugurated to a second term. Trump's lawyers have told Merchan that if his sentencing happens, he will appear by video rather than in person. The judge had given him the option in light of the demands of the presidential transition process. Merchan last Friday denied Trump’s bid to throw out the verdict because of his impending return to the White House but signaled that he is not likely to sentence the Republican to any punishment for his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform after Merchan ruled that it “would be the end of the Presidency as we know it” if it is allowed to stand. Trump’s lawyers, who are also challenging Merchan’s prior refusal to dismiss the case on presidential immunity grounds, filed appeal paperwork Monday afternoon in the appellate division of the state’s trial court. No arguments have been scheduled. They did not ask the court to halt Trump's sentencing. Separately, they argued to Merchan that the appeal should trigger an automatic stay of proceedings and, if it doesn't, that he should step in and do it himself — an idea he rejected
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