Trump Lawyers Seek to Block Friday’s Ruling in New York Hush Money Case

Lawyers representing President-elect Donald Trump asked the judge in his hush money case in New York to delay his sentencing this week as they seek to overturn a ruling upholding the verdict.

Trump was convicted last May on 34 counts of falsifying business records, including what prosecutors described as a scheme to cover up a hush payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016. But after Trump’s victory In the 2024 presidential election, Judge Juan M. Merchan’s sentencing was postponed indefinitely while prosecutors weighed in on the future of the case.

Then, in a major turn of events, last week Judge Merchan Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. but indicated that he would not face jail time. However, the decision set up Trump, who will take office on January 20, to become the first US president to take office after being convicted of serious crimes.

Trump’s legal team has continued to argue that the case and verdict should be dismissed on presidential immunity grounds. Merchan, however, has said he found “no legal impediment to sentencing” Trump.

“I have never falsified business records,” Trump wrote on his social media platform. social truth over the weekend, criticizing the case against him. “It is a false charge, made up by a corrupt judge who is simply doing the work of the Biden/Harris Department of Justice, an attack on his political opponent, ME!”

“All the leading jurists said THERE IS NO CASE AGAINST ME,” Trump continued. “The judge should be disqualified!”