{"id":2388557,"date":"2025-01-09T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-effort-to-stave-off-sentencing-in-hush-money-case-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T19:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:48:56","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-trumps-effort-to-stave-off-sentencing-in-hush-money-case-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-effort-to-stave-off-sentencing-in-hush-money-case-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court rejects Trump&#8217;s effort to stave off sentencing in hush money case &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-rejects-trumps-effort-to-stave-off-sentencing-in-hush-money-case-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=2388557&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>The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-charged-with-misdemeanor-over-j6-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Ray Epps faces misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the J6 Capitol protest.\">provided text appears<\/a> to be \u2064a snippet of an HTML code related \u2064to a user interface\u2064 with a functionality to display more content after\u2062 clicking a button labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221;. There\u200b are also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">elements indicating mobile menu buttons<\/a> and a mobile\u200b search icon for \u2063navigation\u200b purposes, even though the \u2062actual \u200dcontent that\u2063 would be displayed upon clicking \u2064the button is not included in the snippet. the code suggests the implementation of a responsive design feature aimed at enhancing user experience on mobile devices.  <\/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\">Supreme Court rejects Trump&rsquo;s effort to stave off sentencing in hush money case<\/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_1930542\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Thursday denied an emergency request by President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> to delay his sentencing in New York&rsquo;s hush money case, ensuring the Friday morning hearing will proceed as scheduled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The justices issued a brief order declining to intervene, offering no explanation for their decision. Republican-appointed Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh said they would have granted Trump&rsquo;s request.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">criminal hush money trial<\/a> in New York, May 30, 2024.  (Michael M. Santiago\/Pool Photo via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The evening decision follows the New York Court of Appeals&rsquo; rejection earlier in the day of Trump&rsquo;s bid to postpone the proceedings. Trump was convicted last May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Shield Financial Records\">hush money payments made<\/a> during his 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&rsquo;s office argued in its response to the Supreme Court that Trump&rsquo;s claim of immunity as president-elect was &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; and &ldquo;unsupported by any decision from any court.&rdquo; Bragg&rsquo;s prosecutors maintained that the sentencing posed no legal or constitutional burden on Trump&rsquo;s transition to office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This extraordinary immunity claim is unsupported by any decision from any court,&rdquo; Bragg&rsquo;s office wrote in its filing. &ldquo;It is axiomatic that there is only one President at a time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump is scheduled to appear virtually before New York Judge Juan Merchan on Friday at 9:30, according to a brief from Bragg earlier this week indicating the president would not be in person.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing up to four years in prison, Merchan has indicated that Trump will likely receive an unconditional discharge, imposing no prison time, fines, or probation. 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