President-elect Donald Trump tries again to get Friday's hush-money sentencing called off - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Trump is poised to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.
58% : He said giving Trump what's known as an unconditional discharge -- closing the case without jail time, a fine or probation -- "appears to be the most viable solution.
45% : The case centered on how Trump accounted for reimbursing his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who had made the payment to Daniels.
41% : Trump is seeking an immediate stay that would spare him from being sentenced while he appeals Merchan's decision last week to uphold the historic verdict.
34% : Merchan has signaled that he is not likely to punish Trump for his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and will accommodate his transition by allowing him to appear at sentencing by video, rather than in person at a Manhattan courthouse.
31% : Merchan "is without authority under the law to proceed to sentencing while President Trump exercises his federal constitutional right to challenge these rulings," Trump's lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote in a filing with the Appellate Division.

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