An appeals court in New York has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to halt proceedings in his business records case, which is scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 10.
“After consideration of the papers submitted and the extensive oral argument, movant’s application for interim stay is denied,” a brief order from Justice Ellen Gesmer of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department read.
The Jan. 7 decision was issued just hours after Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche filed an emergency request with the court.
“To go forward with a sentencing, with its inevitable threat of stigma, opprobrium, and potential criminal penalties, would pose risks to America’s vital interests that are intolerable and unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause and the doctrine of Presidential immunity,” Blanche said in a filing obtained by Lawfare….
NY Appeals Court Denies Trump’s Request to Halt Business Records Case Before Sentencing
