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A New York judge has denied a motion filed by President-elect Donald Trump suspend the January 10 ruling in the New York v. Trump case.
Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Manhattan case in May 2024. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office worked to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to calm her claims of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.
New York Judge Juan Merchan set Trump’s sentencing date in the case earlier this month, ahead of his inauguration as president on January 20. The former president and future president had asked that the verdict in the case be vacated based on the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling last year, which was denied by Merchan.
Fox News Digital learned yesterday that Trump filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 ruling.
TRUMP FILES MOTION TO FOLLOW ‘ILLEGAL JUDGMENT’ IN NEW YORK CASE
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court for his hush money trial in Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)
“Today, President Trump’s legal team moved to stop the Manhattan prosecutor’s illegal witch-hunt sentence. The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on immunity, the New York state constitution and other established legal precedents call for this meritless deception to be dismissed immediately.” Trump spokesman and White House communications director Steven Cheung said Monday.
“The American people elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate that demands an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all remaining witch hunts. We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration , as President Trump makes America great again,” Cheung continued.
However, Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer issued a filing on Tuesday saying that “after consideration of the documents submitted and extensive oral argument, Plaintiff’s request for an interim stay is denied.”
Trump continues to be sentenced on Friday, January 10 at 9:30. He plans to attend virtually.
Former President Trump, along with his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool via REUTERS)
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Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and has repeatedly criticized it as an example of legislation being pushed by Democrats in an effort to hurt his election efforts before November.
Fox News’ Emma Colton and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
