New York's highest appeals court declines to block Trump's sentencing in hush money case

WorldPolitics
9 Jan 2025 • 10:51 PM MYT
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New York's highest court declined to block Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing in his hush money case Thursday, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect's likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday.

One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to Trump's legal team.