BREAKING: New York Appeals Court Judge Hands President Trump Bad News

A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday denied President Trump’s request to halt the sentencing for the hush money case.

“Justice Ellen Gesmer rejected the emergency stay request following brief arguments between Trump attorney Todd Blanche and a lawyer from the Manhattan district attorney’s office,” NBC News reports.

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The Hill reports:

Now, Trump is expected to ask a full panel to stop the sentencing from moving forward while he appeals two rulings by Judge Juan Merchan allowing his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star to stand.

But Trump has requested a hearing date of Jan. 27, a week after the inauguration, when the case is expected to be frozen.

Merchan ruled last week that Trump’s sentencing could take place despite his upcoming inauguration, rejecting the incoming president’s arguments that his election victory should mark an end to the case. The judge previously decided that the conviction could withstand the Supreme Court’s landmark decision carving out criminal immunity for former presidents.

Trump’s attorneys argued that their intention to appeal those “incorrect” decisions should automatically pause any proceedings in Merchan’s court.

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BREAKING: A New York appeals judge has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay the Jan. 10 sentencing in his criminal hush money case. https://t.co/0OPRuAc0pO

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Per NBC News:

Trump’s petition said the appeals court needed to grant “an immediate stay of any further criminal proceedings” in the trial court to “prevent ongoing violations of the constitutional rights of President Trump and a threatened disruption of the Presidential transition, a process that directly concerns the United States of America’s national security and vital interests.”

It contended that Trump is already protected by presidential immunity so he can’t be sentenced, and that his conviction in May of last year should be thrown out on other presidential immunity grounds.

In a brief ruling, Gesmer wrote, “After consideration of the papers submitted and the extensive oral argument, movant’s application for an interim stay is denied.”

Judge Juan Merchan had initially postponed Trump’s scheduled sentencing in July of last year in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling setting a new standard for presidential immunity that month.

Merchan then found in a ruling last month that Trump doesn’t have immunity until he’s sworn in as president. In a separate order last week, the judge directed Trump’s sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to take place on Friday morning, and said he plans on giving him an unconditional discharge. That means the conviction would stand, but he would not be subjected to any punishment.

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