New York's highest court has rejected a bid to halt Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case. This leaves the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect's final avenue to prevent the Friday hearing.
The New York Court of Appeals denied a request for a hearing from Trump's legal team. Their application was swiftly dismissed.
Trump's legal team appealed directly to the Supreme Court, seeking to postpone the sentencing. This follows New York courts' refusal to delay the proceeding scheduled for Friday. Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump's trial and conviction in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, will now proceed with the sentencing. Trump maintains his innocence.
