President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to halt the sentencing for his felony conviction in New York state, the latest in a series of moves from the incoming president seeking to use the courts to shield him before inauguration.
The last-minute application to the justices comes just two days before the sentencing hearing set for Friday. And it follows attempts by Trump and allies to forestall a Supreme Court decision about social media giant TikTok until he takes office, as well as delay the release of the final report by special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith, who supervised criminal cases against Trump in Washington and Florida.
On the New York sentencing issue, Trump’s attorneys urged the justices to pause the sentencing for Trump’s conviction while an appeal works its way through the courts and to prevent interference with his coming inauguration.
