{"id":2388356,"date":"2025-01-09T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-prosecutors-tell-supreme-court-to-allow-trump-sentencing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:25:55","slug":"new-york-prosecutors-tell-supreme-court-to-allow-trump-sentencing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-prosecutors-tell-supreme-court-to-allow-trump-sentencing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New York prosecutors tell Supreme Court to allow Trump sentencing &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-prosecutors-tell-supreme-court-to-allow-trump-sentencing-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has urged\u2062 the Supreme \u200dCourt to deny President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s last-minute request to\u2062 delay his \u200dsentencing in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-drops-appeal-to-move-manhattan-hush-money-case-to-federal-court\/\" title=\"Trump drops appeal to move Manhattan hush money case to federal court\">hush\u200c money case<\/a>. \u2064This legal action was\u2063 prompted as Trump is expected to be sentenced just days before his inauguration. \u2062Even \u2064though the presiding judge has indicated that jail time is unlikely, the sentencing is\u200c noteworthy due to Trump\u2019s recent felony \u2062conviction\u200d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-grand-jury-makes-decision-on-trump-indictment-for-jan-6\/\" title=\"Breaking: Grand Jury reaches decision on Trump&#039;s Jan. 6 indictment.\">falsifying business \u200crecords<\/a>. \u200cBragg&#8217;s \u2063office criticized Trump&#8217;s \u200cargument\u2063 that temporary presidential immunity would\u2064 protect him from facing sentencing at this \u2062time, terming it an unprecedented\u200c claim. The case, \u200cinitially shelved by previous \u2063governance, \u2063was \u200crevived under Bragg\u2019s leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New York prosecutors tell Supreme Court to allow Trump sentencing<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1928173\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alvin-bragg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alvin Bragg<\/a> on Thursday called on the Supreme Court to reject President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s last-minute bid to postpone his sentencing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a> hush money case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The legal scramble came as Trump is set to be sentenced Friday, just days before his inauguration. While the New York judge overseeing the case has signaled Trump will not face jail time, the sentencing marks a historic moment following his felony conviction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to the media after a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The defendant makes the unprecedented claim that the temporary presidential immunity he will possess in the future fully immunizes him now, weeks before he even takes the oath of office,&rdquo; Bragg&rsquo;s office wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg, the Democratic Manhattan district attorney who revived the case after his predecessor dropped the investigation, called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-divided-nation\/\" title=\"Biden Can\u2019t Deny Responsibility For Our \u2018So, So Divided\u2019 Nation\">president-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s argument &ldquo;unprecedented.&rdquo; He dismissed Trump&rsquo;s claim that presidential immunity, which he will gain upon inauguration, should apply before taking office, arguing that such immunity is limited to a president&rsquo;s time in office and does not extend retroactively.<\/p>\n<p>However, some legal experts say Trump&rsquo;s legal position rests on firm ground, such as former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey, who told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>he believes the Supreme Court could stay the sentencing and subsequently weigh the matter in an emergency session.<\/p>\n<p>Fahey pointed to numerous examples in which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seeks-to-immediately-halt-biden-admins-possibly-criminal-border-wall-fire-sale-with-court-filing\/\" title=\"Trump Seeks to &#039;Immediately&#039; Halt Biden Admin&#039;s &#039;Possibly Criminal&#039; Border Wall Fire Sale with Court Filing\">president-elect argued<\/a> that certain witness testimony during the May 2023 trial should not have been made to the jury, such as when former White House communications director Hope Hicks was called to the stand to testify about events that took place while Trump was in his first term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Fahey said the testimony from Hicks involved her time in the Oval Office &ldquo;while she was an aide,&rdquo; noting that trial Judge Juan Merchan found her inclusion to be a &ldquo;harmless error&rdquo; to the jury&rsquo;s ultimate guilty findings. However, Fahey questioned how it could be harmless when prosecutors made Hicks&rsquo;s account a &ldquo;core of [their] closing argument.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bragg argued that any trial errors can be addressed once Trump begins to appeal the guilty verdict against him, which cannot begin until after sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>If the justices do not side with Trump&rsquo;s request to halt sentencing, Trump may attempt to take a collateral approach to his appeal by filing a writ of habeas corpus, which Fahey said would presumably head to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, and could result in an appeal once more to the justices.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump is not sentenced by next Friday, questions remain as to whether he will have a hearing, given that his inauguration will commence on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Just before prosecutors submitted their arguments to the nine justices in Washington, D.C., the New York Court of Appeals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3281326\/new-york-top-court-declines-halt-trump-sentencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">issued a brief order<\/a> denying Trump&rsquo;s parallel appeal to stay his sentencing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE&nbsp;TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly cited the Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling last summer in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3030301\/supreme-court-finds-some-immunity-for-presidents-complicating-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump v. United States<\/a><\/em>, which reaffirmed presidential immunity for &ldquo;official acts,&rdquo; in his attempts to delay or overturn the legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these efforts, Trump remains on track to receive his sentence after a jury found him guilty in May of 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to conceal a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">hush money payment<\/a> to porn star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1928173\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1928173\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York prosecutors urge Supreme Court to proceed with Trump&#8217;s sentencing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2388357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24103679433248-scaled-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32120,12447,32275,3634],"class_list":["post-2388356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-new-york","tag-sentencing","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24103679433248-scaled-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388360,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388356\/revisions\/2388360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}