President-elect Trump was found guilty in May of falsifying business records.
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable with faith leaders at Christ Chapel on Oct. 23, 2024 in Zebulon, Ga.after a jury in May convicted him on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
His lead defense attorney Todd Blanche -- picked by Trump to be deputy attorney general in his incoming administration -- will appear with Trump from Mar-a-Lago.With Trump attending the hearing virtually from Florida, security is notably light in the lower Manhattan courthouse ahead of today's 9:30 a.m. ET sentencing hearing.
Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump demonstrate on the day of a sentencing in front of New York Criminal Court in Manhattan in New York City, Jan. 10, 2025.The table where Trump and his lawyers normally sat for the trial last year is empty; instead, Trump will appear on the four flat-screen televisions mounted on the courtroom walls.
There are a few changes to the courtroom itself since Trump's conviction seven months ago. The gallery is fully occupied and so longer subject to the security restrictions that limited its capacity, and the sketch artists are seated in the jury box. The tile floors in the courtroom are glaringly white, appearing to have been cleaned or replaced since the trial last year.
In a Thursday night ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump-appointee Amy Coney Barrett joined the court's three liberal justices to deny Trump the relief he sought, while Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh indicated they would have granted Trump's request to halt his sentencing.
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