In a Wednesday filing, President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to block the sentencing in his New York hush money trial.
What Happened: The Trump attorneys’ filing argues that the president-elect’s sentencing would damage “the institution of the presidency and the operations of the federal government,” ABC reports. He has previously attempted to block the case on grounds of presidential immunity.
“Most fundamentally, forcing President Trump to defend a criminal case and appear for a criminal sentencing hearing …Full story available on Benzinga.com