Supreme Court won't stop Trump sentencing in "hush money" criminal case

The Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort by lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump to forestall his sentencing for his New York criminal conviction.

The five justice majority that voted to deny Trump's application wrote that the evidentiary issues Trump has complained about "can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal." 

They also noted that the judge overseeing Trump's New York case has signaled he will not sentence Trump to serve any time in jail, writing "the burden that sentencing will impose on the President-Elect's responsibilities is relatively insubstantial in light of the trial court's stated intent to impose a sentence of 'unconditional discharge' after a brief virtual hearing."