Trump's bid to halt hush money sentencing in US Supreme Court's hands

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : They also argue that, as president-elect, Trump is immune from prosecution during the period between his November election victory and his inauguration.
50% : The sentencing is set for 10 days before Trump is due to be sworn in for his second term as president.
42% : Trump in a Supreme Court filing made public on Wednesday asked for proceedings in the case to stop as he seeks an appeal to resolve questions of presidential immunity following the Supreme Court's ruling last July that granted former presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution for their official acts.
39% : In urging the justices to halt Trump's sentencing, his lawyers argued as president-elect, Trump is immune from prosecution "in the brief but crucial 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.
33% : The state court's decision was a setback for Trump, who now must pin his hopes of freezing the case on the nation's top judicial body, where his lawyers have made a similar emergency bid to avoid the sentencing, set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. (1430 GMT) in a Manhattan court.
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.
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.

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