The Supreme Court on Thursday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his Friday morning sentencing in the New York hush money case.
The Supreme Court’s order clears the way for Manhattan judge Juan Merchan to impose the long-awaited sentence on the incoming president. Merchan said he would not give Trump jail time, fines, or probation during the virtual hearing. Scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday, the sentencing comes ten days before Trump’s inauguration.
In the Supreme Court’s brief order published Thursday evening, five justices denied Trump’s application for postponing the sentencing date. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh — all of whom were appointed by Republican presidents — would have granted the application.
Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the liberal wing in denying the application.
The order comes hours after New York’s highest court declined to block Trump’s sentencing. The Supreme Court was Trump’s last resort for pushing back the sentencing date.
Last May, the Republican was found guilty on 34 counts for allegedly falsifying business records related to his efforts to silence pornographic actress Stormy Daniels with $130,000 in hush money. The payment was made in the final weeks of Trump's 2016 campaign to cover up his alleged sexual tryst with the porn star in 2006.
Trump maintained his innocence and said Daniels's story was false.
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