N.Y. appellate judge refuses to postpone Trump's sentencing for hush money conviction

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

29% : "This doctrine of sitting-president immunity mandates the immediate dismissal, not just a stay, of any pending criminal case against President Trump, regardless of the stage of proceedings," defense attorney Todd Blanche wrote to the state Appellate Division: First Judicial Department.
21% : Trump gets better news in Florida with temporary hold on Jack Smith reportA New York appeals court denied President-elect Donald Trump's request for a stay of his sentencing hearing later this week, a major blow to the leader-in-waiting before his inauguration.
20% : "Once President Trump was re-elected, the jury verdict in the underlying criminal case should have been immediately vacated, and the case dismissed.
17% : They also said releasing the reports would "be nothing more than a lawless political stunt, designed to politically harm President Trump and justify the huge sums of taxpayer money Smith unconstitutionally spent on his failed and dismissed case.

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