Trump files a motion to stay the ruling in the New York case

President-elect Donald Trump filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 ruling in the New York v. Trump case, Fox Digital has learned.

“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 incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung told Fox Digital on Monday morning.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with President Frances at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Dec. 7, 2024. Trump makes his first international trip since his election victory, preparing- se for a day of intense diplomacy before attending the reopening ceremony. for Notre Dame Cathedral restored after the 2019 fire. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier/POOL/AFP) (Photo by SARAH MEYSSONNIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (Sarah Meyssonnier)

“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.

New York Judge Juan Merchan set Trump’s sentencing date in the case earlier this month, ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration as president. Trump will be sentenced on Friday, January 10 at 9:30 am.

Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of forgery business records in the Manhattan case in May. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office worked to prove Trump falsified business records to hide a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to shut down his claims about an alleged relationship with Trump in 2006.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 30: Former US President Donald Trump appears in court for his hush money trial in Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Judge Juan Merchan instructed the jury, and deliberations enter their second day. The former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)

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.

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“Almost always a legal scholar and expert says THERE IS NO (ZERO!) CASE AGAINST ME. The judge made up the facts and the law, it’s no different than the other judicial and prosecutorial witch hunts in New York. It’s because that companies are fleeing New York, taking with them millions of jobs, and billions of dollars in taxes. one political opponent, ME!!!” Trump posted the case on Truth Social Sunday evening.