NY judge denies Trump's request to delay hush money sentencing

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President-elect Donald Trump exits the courthouse after he was found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024.

A New York judge has dismissed President-elect Donald Trump's plea to postpone his sentencing after he was found guilty of paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. Judge Juan Merchan affirmed the sentencing will go ahead on Friday, as scheduled.

A New York judge on Monday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay sentencing set for later this week in his hush money case.

Judge Juan Merchan ruled last week that Trump's sentencing should go ahead on Friday despite his upcoming inauguration, rejecting his attorney's argument that his election victory should spell an end to the case.

Merchan, in a two-page decision, noted that prosecutors had opposed delaying the sentencing and said it should go ahead as planned barring a last-minute successful appeal by Trump to a higher court.

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"This Court has considered Defendant's arguments in support of his motion and finds that they are for the most part, a repetition of the arguments he has raised numerous times in the past," Merchan said.

"Defendant's motion for a stay of these proceedings, including the sentencing hearing scheduled for January 10, 2025, is hereby DENIED," the judge added.

Read moreTrump to be sentenced 10 days before inauguration in hush money case

Trump's attorneys had asked the judge to delay sentencing while they appeal his conviction by a Manhattan jury.

(AFP)


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