Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York.
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A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday rejected a request by President-elect Donald Trump to delay his criminal sentencing Friday for his conviction in a case related to paying hush money to a porn star before the 2016 election.
The denial by Judge Ellen Gesmer came shortly after she held a hearing on Trump’s request, and a day after Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who conducted Trump’s trial, refused to delay the sentencing.
Trump’s lawyers had argued that Trump was entitled to a stay in the case because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that said presidents have presumptive criminal immunity for official acts taken in office.
The attorneys also claimed Trump would suffer irreparable harm and have his constitutional rights violated if he is sentenced 10 days before he is due to be sworn in for a second term.
Gesmer was skeptical of those claims during the hearing.
“After consideration of the papers submitted and the extensive oral argument, movant’s application for an interim stay is denied,” the judge wrote in her ruling.
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