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Two Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices agree with Democrat appointees in allowing Trump sentencing to proceed
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Two Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices agree with Democrat appointees in allowing Trump sentencing to proceed

By Fred Lucas  | Daily Signal The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a New York court from sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in the “hush money” case involving porn star Stormy Daniels. A Manhattan jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of fraud in relation to the case last spring in a prosecution led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. New York Justice Juan Merchan is scheduled to hand down a sentence on Friday for the former and future president. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY SIGNAL
NY top court denies delaying Trump sentencing
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NY top court denies delaying Trump sentencing

By Ella Lee and Zach Schonfeld | The Hill New York’s high court on Thursday declined to halt President-elect Trump’s sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction, which is scheduled for Friday morning. In a terse note, the New York Court of Appeals’s chief clerk notified Trump’s attorneys that Judge Jenny Rivera declined to sign an order stopping the sentencing from moving forward, as the president-elect appeals and claims he is immune and the prosecution must be dismissed.  “As a result of the Judge’s determination, no motion is pending in the above title at the Court of Appeals,” the clerk wrote.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL