<p>Washington/New York: President-elect <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> has asked the US Supreme Court to prevent a New York state court from sentencing him for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.</p><p>The bid comes after a New York appeals court denied his effort to halt sentencing scheduled for Friday in New York state court in Manhattan.</p>.Trump moves to delay sentencing in hush money case, court document shows.<p>In a filing released on Wednesday, Trump's lawyers asked the nation's top court to immediately order a stay in the case, as he seeks an appeal to resolve questions of presidential immunity following an earlier Supreme Court ruling.</p><p>That appeal effort could reach the Supreme Court as well, his lawyers noted. They also urged the court to issue a temporary "administrative stay" while it considers the request for a broader pause, the filing said.</p><p>Trump, who won another term in the White House and is set to take office Jan. 20, was convicted by a New York jury of covering up his former lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she says they had.</p><p>Trump has denied the encounter and any wrongdoing.</p>.Judge denies Trump's bid to throw out New York hush money verdict .<p>Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump, said in a statement his legal team had asked the Supreme Court "to correct the unjust actions by New York courts and stop the unlawful sentencing."</p><p>A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office brought the case, said prosecutors would respond in court papers.</p><p>The hush money case made Trump the first US president, sitting or former, to be charged with a crime and also the first to be convicted.</p>.Donald Trump hush money conviction must stand despite US election win, say prosecutors.<p>Since the verdict, his lawyers have made two unsuccessful attempts to have the case tossed.</p><p>In scheduling Trump's sentencing for Friday, Justice Juan Merchan last week said he was not inclined to sentence Trump to jail and would likely grant him unconditional discharge - which would place a judgment of guilt on Trump's record without any penalty such as custody, a fine, or probation</p>
<p>Washington/New York: President-elect <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> has asked the US Supreme Court to prevent a New York state court from sentencing him for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.</p><p>The bid comes after a New York appeals court denied his effort to halt sentencing scheduled for Friday in New York state court in Manhattan.</p>.Trump moves to delay sentencing in hush money case, court document shows.<p>In a filing released on Wednesday, Trump's lawyers asked the nation's top court to immediately order a stay in the case, as he seeks an appeal to resolve questions of presidential immunity following an earlier Supreme Court ruling.</p><p>That appeal effort could reach the Supreme Court as well, his lawyers noted. They also urged the court to issue a temporary "administrative stay" while it considers the request for a broader pause, the filing said.</p><p>Trump, who won another term in the White House and is set to take office Jan. 20, was convicted by a New York jury of covering up his former lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she says they had.</p><p>Trump has denied the encounter and any wrongdoing.</p>.Judge denies Trump's bid to throw out New York hush money verdict .<p>Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump, said in a statement his legal team had asked the Supreme Court "to correct the unjust actions by New York courts and stop the unlawful sentencing."</p><p>A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office brought the case, said prosecutors would respond in court papers.</p><p>The hush money case made Trump the first US president, sitting or former, to be charged with a crime and also the first to be convicted.</p>.Donald Trump hush money conviction must stand despite US election win, say prosecutors.<p>Since the verdict, his lawyers have made two unsuccessful attempts to have the case tossed.</p><p>In scheduling Trump's sentencing for Friday, Justice Juan Merchan last week said he was not inclined to sentence Trump to jail and would likely grant him unconditional discharge - which would place a judgment of guilt on Trump's record without any penalty such as custody, a fine, or probation</p>