The Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to stop a sentencing hearing in his hush money case on Thursday, essentially guaranteeing the first-ever sentencing of a former president on criminal charges will take place Friday in New York—though Trump will likely face few,

The US president-elect was convicted for falsifying business records relating to a payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.

The court’s 5-4 order Thursday clears the way for Judge Juan M. Merchan to impose a sentence Friday on Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels.

President-elect Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning in his New York hush money case at a 9:30 am ET hearing. Why it matters: With the proceeding, Trump will become the first former president sentenced for a crime, but he is expected to avoid time behind bars or any significant punishment for his historic felony conviction.

The defeat at the Supreme Court was a rare reversal for Trump’s strategy of seeking to delay his criminal cases with multiple appeals – which he used in his federal cases to buy time until he could use his executive authority to thwart them. Of course, for this to work he had to live up to his end of the bargain and win the election.

The Supreme Court refused to block President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing for covering up hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, clearing the way for an unprecedented court proceeding in New York.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced Friday after being convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush money to a porn star.

New York’s highest court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to postpone his sentencing in the hush money case, leaving the US Supreme Court as his last chance to delay Friday’s scheduled hearing.

President-elect Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to stop the sentencing, citing the conservative majority’s explosive immunity opinion.

The hush money case was a mixed bag politically. Contributions to Trump's campaign surged after he was indicted in March 2023, likely helping him vanquish his rivals for the Repub