NY appeals court rejects Trump's emergency request to delay Friday hush money sentencing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Those arguments should allow Trump a stay of proceedings while the appeals court decides whether Merchan was right, Blanche argued.
38% : The judge cut him off and noted Merchan would have been happy to sentence Trump in July.
36% : Trump on Tuesday asked to stay the proceedings in the hush money case - including his sentencing scheduled for Friday - while he appeals his conviction, after Judge Juan Merchan, the trial judge, rejected his demand to stop the sentencing.
35% : When Gesmer asked what presidential immunity arguments would offer Trump a stay pending appeal, Blanche said he's basing the argument on sitting presidential immunity, as well as Merchan's December decision addressing whether there were evidentiary issues at trial that involved presidential immunity.
35% : Trump is set to be sworn in as president in less than two weeks.
34% : Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records over payments to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to reimburse a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels to keep her from speaking out about an alleged affair before the 2016 election.
31% : Blanche said sentencing is an "extraordinary" imposition on Trump, adding a criminal sentencing is "a big deal" in someone's life even if it's only going to take an hour.
30% : If the appeals court rules against Trump after Tuesday's hearing, there are still other appeals avenues he could pursue to try to block Friday's sentencing.
28% : (Trump has denied the affair.)
27% : Blanche also argued that the court should consider actions by the Department of Justice to decline to prosecute Trump in his two federal cases after he was elected president.
23% : However, Merchan signaled he would not sentence Trump to any punishment.
19% : Trump is appealing his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records, arguing it should be tossed because of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling and because Trump is now president-elect.

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