Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

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% : Trump, less than two weeks from his inauguration, is poised to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.
45% : The case centered on how Trump accounted for reimbursing his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who had made the payment to Daniels.
40% : At an emergency hearing, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche argued that Trump can't be sentenced because, as president-elect, he enjoys the same immunity from criminal proceedings as a president.Merchan had rejected that idea in his ruling last week and Steven Wu, arguing for the Manhattan district attorney's office, said it flew in the face of the long-held concept of one president at a time.
36% : It was the second time in two days that Trump was denied.
35% : 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 the transition by allowing him to appear at sentencing by video, rather than in person at a Manhattan courthouse.
32% : Trump went to the Appellate Division of the state's trial court a day after Merchan rebuffed his initial bid to indefinitely postpone sentencing.
25% : Trump did not attend the hearing.
18% : "Trump was convicted last May on charges involving an alleged scheme to hide a hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in the last weeks of Trump's 2016 campaign to keep her from publicizing claims she'd had sex with him years earlier.

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