New York appeals court denies Trump's bid to halt Friday's hush money sentencing [View all]
Source: ABC News
January 9, 2025, 9:19 AM
The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, has denied President-elect Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing Friday in his criminal hush money case.
Trump on Wednesday launched an eleventh-hour request to New York's highest court to pause the hush money case, on the same day that he also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his sentencing.
Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office argued in a Thursday morning filing, before the court made its ruling, that Trump's argument to delay his sentencing rests on an "utterly baseless" concept of president-elect immunity.
Responding to Trump's argument, lawyers for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg urged the New York Court of Appeals to reject Trump's request for a delay because a president-elect does not benefit from the immunity reserved for the sitting president.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-claim-immunity-halt-fridays-hush-money-sentencing/story?id=117502080
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Thu, January 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's highest appeals court won't block Trump's sentencing in hush money case. The Supreme Court has yet to rule.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/yorks-highest-appeals-court-wont-144243918.html
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