Trump loses appeals court bid to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : Trump was convicted last year of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with his then-lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
36% : Trump's lawyers had argued that Trump was entitled to a stay in the case because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that said presidents have presumptive criminal immunity for official acts taken in office.
30% : Cohen paid Daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election in exchange for her silence about a purported one-time sexual tryst with Trump in 2006.
25% : Merchan also has said he is inclined to not order Trump to serve any probationary sentence of pay any fine in the case.
23% : The attorneys also claimed Trump would suffer irreparable harm and have his constitutional rights violated if he were to be sentenced 10 days before he is due to be sworn in for a second term.
23% : She noted that Merchan has already said he is not likely to give Trump any jail time.
20% : Trump denies having had sex with Daniels.

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