President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday over his felony conviction in a hush money case. The justices "should order an immediate stay of criminal proceedings against President Trump in the New York trial court,

Prosecutors have been ordered to respond to the president-elect’s request by Thursday morning, suggesting the court could rule before Friday’s scheduled sentencing.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a New York state court from sentencing him for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.

The president-elect is asking the Supreme Court to halt the sentencing after both Judge Juan Merchan and an appeals court refused.

President-elect Donald Trump filed an urgent appeal on Wednesday with the Supreme Court to postpone his sentencing in a criminal case involving hush money payments. The sentencing, set for Friday, stems from 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a payment made during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to halt Friday's sentencing hearing in his criminal hush-money case in New York.

Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court after New York courts refused to do postpone the sentencing.

Trump said Friday's sentencing should be paused while he argues to the Supreme Court his conviction should be overturned due to presidential immunity.

Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his scheduled sentencing on Friday for his criminal conviction related to hush money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump’s legal team also is asking the court to weigh in on whether presidential immunity applies to a president-elect.

A New York appeals court judge has denied President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay the Jan. 10 sentencing in his criminal hush money case. Trump’s sentencing will proceed as planned on Friday,