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Trump Makes Emergency Plea to Supreme Court in Bid To Block Sentencing in ‘Politically Motivated’ Hush-Money Case   

The 47th president asks America’s highest court to spare him from entering office as a convicted felon.

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President Trump appears in court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, at New York City. Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images
A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

President-elect Trump’s emergency appeal to the United States Supreme Court to stop his hush money sentencing is an eleventh hour effort to stave off beginning his term as a convicted felon. 

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A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford.

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