Trump sentencing to proceed in New York after Supreme Court rejects appeal | Politics News [Video]

US President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced by a New York court for covering up hush money payments to a porn actress after the Supreme Court rejected his last-ditch bid to delay the process that would make him the first convicted felon in the White House.

The highest United States court cleared Trump’s sentencing on Friday, with two conservative justices joining the three liberal members in a 5-4 decision issued late on Thursday.

The sentencing, which Trump is expected to attend online, will happen in the Manhattan courtroom just 10 days before his inauguration for his second term as president.

Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court’s three liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – in forming a majority to deny Trump’s request.

Four conservative justices dissented from the decision, noting they would have granted Trump’s request. They did not provide their reasoning.

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