Trump asks Supreme Court to pause sentencing in hush money case
CNNCNN — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the US Supreme Court to pause his sentencing in the hush money case, a highly unusual request that relies in part on the court’s decision last year to grant him broad immunity from criminal prosecution. Trump’s latest request to the US Supreme Court is unusual – and likely an uphill fight – because his criminal case isn’t yet fully resolved by New York courts. Trump is relying heavily on the Supreme Court’s controversial immunity decision from last year in a new filing Wednesday in which he is asking the high court to pause delay his sentencing. Merchan had previously rejected Trump’s arguments around immunity, concluding that Trump’s hush money case involved unofficial conduct that is not entitled to protection.