Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to halt hush-money case sentencing

The US Supreme Court has rejected Trump's last-minute bid to halt his Friday sentencing successful his hush-money transgression case.

The president-elect had urged the apical tribunal to see whether helium was entitled to an automatic enactment of his sentencing.

Trump was recovered blameworthy of falsifying records to disguise reimbursements for a $130,000 hush wealth outgo to big movie prima Stormy Daniels arsenic ineligible expenses successful 2016.

Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, indicated successful a caller ruling that helium volition not see a jailhouse word for Trump.

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