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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Move To Halt Hush-Money Case

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The United States Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s last-minute bid to halt his sentencing on Friday in the criminal hush-money case.

Trump had urged the top court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of his sentencing, but the justices rejected the application by 5-4.

Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursements for a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels as legal expenses in 2016.
Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, has indicated he will not consider a jail term for Trump.

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Reacting on Thursday evening, the president-elect told reporters the case was a “disgrace”, although the Supreme Court decision was a “fair decision, actually.”

“It’s a judge that shouldn’t have been on the case,” he said, apparently referring to Justice Merchan, and adding “they can have fun with their political opponent”.

“The pathetic, dying remnants of the Witch Hunts against me will not distract us,” he posted later on his Truth Social platform.

Two of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices – John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett – joined the three liberals to deny Trump’s request for a delay.

The remaining four judges – Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – would have allowed Trump’s bid to postpone sentencing.

In other news, Donald Trump was sentenced to an unconditional discharge on Friday by a judge, who ruled on his role in covering up hush money payments to a porn star. This decision comes after Trump’s last-minute efforts to sidestep the unprecedented reality of entering the White House as a convicted felon.

Trump, who was convicted in May 2024 on 34 charges of falsifying business records, avoided both prison and financial penalties. The judge’s decision to spare him jail time, despite the weight of the charges, has been met with both criticism and praise in political and legal circles.

In an unexpected move, New York judge Juan Merchan imposed the lightest possible penalty, granting Donald Trump an unconditional discharge—a rarely used sanction in criminal cases, which underscores the uniqueness of this high-profile matter.

 

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