Prosecutors urge New York court to deny Trump's bid to halt sentencing

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57% : Trump has also filed a request for similar relief with the U.S. Supreme Court, and Bragg's office is due to respond to that on Thursday.
54% : "The sentencing hearing is set for 10 days before Trump is due to be sworn in for his second term as president.
53% : They also argue that, as president-elect, Trump is immune from prosecution during the period between his November election victory and his inauguration.
36% : Any substantial delay would likely mean Trump would not be sentenced before his Jan. 20 inauguration.
30% : Trump was found guilty last May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence before the 2016 U.S. election about a sexual encounter she has said she had with Trump a decade earlier, which he has denied.
27% : Trump has asked for proceedings in the criminal case to stop as he seeks an appeal to resolve questions of presidential immunity following a Supreme Court ruling last July that granted former presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution for their official acts.
24% : Trump is the first former U.S. president to be criminally prosecuted and the first former president convicted of a crime.
24% : Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
15% : Trump also has asked US Supreme Court to delay sentencing*Trial judge has signaled no prison sentence for TrumpBy Andrew ChungNEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Manhattan prosecutors have urged New York's top court to reject U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing set for Friday for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.

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