President-elect Donald Trump has appealed to the Supreme Court to prevent his sentencing in the hush money case scheduled for Friday. Trump's legal team argues that the president-elect's immunity from prosecution extends to this case, citing a previous Supreme Court ruling that granted presidents broad immunity for official acts. They claim the prosecution is politically motivated and violated Trump's due process rights.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.
Attorneys for Trump filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, a day after a New York appeals courtto postpone the sentencing. The president-elect's legal team has requested the sentencing be stopped while they appeal the ruling upholding the guilty verdict on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records., Trump's attorneys said the Supreme Court needed to step in to stop a "grave injustice" that would harm the presidency.
"This appeal will ultimately result in the dismissal of the District Attorney’s politically motivated prosecution that was flawed from the very beginning, centered around the wrongful actions and false claims of a disgraced, disbarred serial-liar former attorney, violated President Trump’s due process rights, and had no merit," his attorneys wrote.The appeals judge ruled against Trump following an emergency hearing in a one-sentence ruling on Tuesday.
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