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Top N.Y. State Court Denies Trump Effort to Delay Friday Sentencing

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks after a meeting with Republicans in Congress at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., January 8, 2025.

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And then there was one.

One of the two paths President-elect Trump pursued in the effort to halt his sentencing, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, was foreclosed this morning when the New York State Court of Appeals (the state’s highest court) declined to intervene. All that remains now is his emergency petition to the U.S. Supreme Court (which I discussed yesterday).

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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