The court turned down Trump's last-minute bid to prevent his sentencing, scheduled for Friday in New York state court in Manhattan 10 days before his inauguration for his second term as president.

New York’s highest court has declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S.

The Supreme Court Thursday turned down President-elect Trump's plea to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday on his felony conviction in a hush-money case. The vote was 5-4, with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas,