Eyes on US Supreme Court as NY's highest court rejects Trump's attempt to postpone sentencing in hush money case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Trump, who is expected to appear virtually for the sentencing, is set to be sworn in as president in less than two weeks.
34% : Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records over payments to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to reimburse a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels to keep her from speaking out about an alleged affair before the 2016 election.
33% : Trump's attorneys asked Merchan to toss the conviction both because of the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity and the fact that Trump is now the president-elect.
28% : (Trump has denied the affair.)
25% : Merchan rejected both of those efforts, upholding the conviction but also saying he will sentence Trump without imposing jail time or any other punishment.
23% : If Friday's sentencing does move forward, Merchan has already signaled that he will not impose any punishment on Trump.
13% : Trump appealed to both the Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals to try to block state Judge Juan Merchan from imposing a sentence in the hush money case, where Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

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