The Supreme Court rejected on Thursday President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to halt his sentencing in New York. Judge Juan Merchan scheduled the sentencing for Friday morning. He wrote that it was better to impose a sentence before Trump’s term begins than after it ends.

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to stay his sentencing in the Manhattan “hush money” case.

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush money case.

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay his sentencing in New York’s hush money case, ensuring the Friday hearing will proceed as scheduled.

The Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort by lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump to forestall his sentencing for his New York criminal conviction.

Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh would have ... prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued that ...

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh would have granted Trump’s application. Donald Trump will be sentenced in his hush money case in Manhattan criminal ...

Trump is now expected to appear in court on Friday morning to face sentencing for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He was found guilty by a jury in May. Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has indicated he will sentence Trump to unconditional discharge. Trump has said he will appear virtually.

This was the only one of Trump's criminal charges to reach and complete a trial, making him the first former or future U.S. president to be convicted of criminal charges.

Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh dissented ... his request for a stay in the case pending an appeal. In May 2024, a Manhattan jury convicted Trump of 34 counts of falsifying business records for ...

The Supreme Court declined to halt President-elect Donald Trump ’s Friday morning criminal sentencing in the New York state hush money case, allowing the historic proceeding to go forward over dissent from four Republican appointees. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh indicated they would have sided with Trump.

Justices Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch ... The case has wound its way to the Supreme Court repeatedly since Manhattan prosecutors began their investigation ...