Appeals Court Denies Trump's Bid to Delay Sentencing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Messrs. Blanche and Bove have both been named by Trump to top positions at the Justice Department.
54% : As Trump fights Mr. Bragg in New York and Jack Smith in Washington and Florida, he has been active as a president-elect, holding press conferences, selecting members for his new cabinet, and taking a commanding role both on Capitol Hill and on the world stage.
52% : Mr. Bragg had alleged that in 2016, with Election Day nearing, Trump's then-personal attorney, Michael Cohen, made a $130,000 hush-money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, to buy her silence about her claim that she had a single sexual encounter with Trump at a celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in 2006.
39% : Trump is now expected to ask a full panel of the court, the Appellate Division First Department -- a mid-level New York state appeals court -- to stop the sentencing.
37% : "Justice Merchan is without authority under the law to proceed to sentencing while President Trump exercises his federal constitutional right to challenge these rulings," the defense attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, wrote in their court filing.
29% : If the full panel of the appeals court rules against Trump, there are still other appeals avenues he could pursue to try to block Friday's sentencing.
27% : Within hours of the landmark decision, Trump's attorneys asked Judge Merchan to dismiss the hush-money verdict and the indictment, arguing Mr. Bragg used evidence during the trial that stemmed from the time Trump served his first term as president.
26% : In May of last year, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony charges of falsification of business records in an alleged scheme to interfere with the 2016 election.
23% : Trump was scheduled to be sentenced on July 11.
21% : Trump denies all charges and says he never had sex with Ms. Clifford.
20% : Trump appears intent on avoiding the shame of this appellation, coming just days before he is inaugurated.
9% : Trump was accused of directing Cohen to wire the money to Ms. Clifford and then disguise Trump's reimbursement to Cohen as a legal fee.

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