US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid against sentencing

United State's president-elect Donald Trump's criminal sentencing is set to take place on Friday. This comes after the Supreme Court rejected Trump's last-ditch effort to delay his sentencing.

The United States Supreme Court has rejected president-elect Donald Trump's last-minute bid to prevent his sentencing in his hush-money case scheduled for Friday.

Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursements for a hush money payment to an adult film star as legal expenses in 2016.

The court ruled 5 to 4 against granting Trump’s request to delay his sentencing, with two of the Supreme Court's conservative justices joining the three liberals in the majority.

In response, the president-elect says he respects the Supreme Court's opinion, and also talks about appealing the case.

The trial judge says he is not inclined to sentence the Republican president-elect to prison and would likely grant him unconditional discharge. This would place a guilty judgment on Trump's record, but would not impose custody, a fine or probation.
 

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