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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump whitethorn prosecute a last-minute entreaty aft the New York justice overseeing his hush wealth lawsuit rejected his effort to hold sentencing, acceptable for Friday.
Judge Juan Merchan rejected a petition to hold sentencing, keeping it conscionable 10 days earlier Trump returns to the White House.
"This tribunal has considered defendant's arguments successful enactment of his question and finds that they are, for the astir part, a repetition of the arguments helium has raised galore times successful the past," helium wrote successful a tribunal filing Monday.
Trump's attorneys had sought to postpone sentencing indefinitely, portion they appealed. He has already been denied a dismissal successful the case, which helium argues could people the "end of the presidency as we cognize it" if upheld.
Trump is expected to code the lawsuit connected Tuesday during a quality league astatine 10 a.m. astatine Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate.
Judge signals nary punishment for conviction
Merchan signaled helium is inclined to enforce nary punishment for Trump’s 34-count felony conviction, fixed concerns astir his immunity from transgression prosecution upon taking the oath of office.
He said an unconditional discharge “appears to beryllium the astir viable solution” and would let Trump to look virtually.
In May, a New York City assemblage recovered Trump blameworthy connected 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful transportation to payments made to big movie histrion Stormy Daniels up of the 2016 election. Daniels was paid during the run to support quiescent astir an matter she allegedly had with Trump, which helium denies.
Manhattan DA: Immunity doesn't use with Trump not yet successful office
In a tribunal filing this week, Trump's ineligible squad argued for postponing sentencing, stating, "The tribunal should vacate the sentencing proceeding until President Trump's immunity appeals are afloat and yet resolved, which should effect successful a dismissal of this case, which should person ne'er been brought successful the archetypal place."
They contend the Supreme Court's ruling connected statesmanlike immunity should apply, citing assemblage grounds similar societal media posts and grounds from aides from Trump's clip arsenic president.
They besides reason that immunity should widen since Trump is acceptable to instrumentality bureau connected Jan. 20. However, the Manhattan DA's bureau opposes delaying sentencing, asserting that immunity shouldn't use portion Trump is retired of office.
Merchan has antecedently suggested helium is improbable to condemnation Trump to prison.
