- An appeals court has rejected Donald Trump's request to delay his sentencing related to a criminal hush money conviction in New York.
- The court's ruling came after Judge Juan Merchan denied a similar request from Trump's legal team just one day prior.
- Judge Merchan stated that Trump's lawyers failed to present any new arguments for halting the sentencing on January 10.
- The judge emphasized that the jury’s decision was based on evidence that remains prosecutable, regardless of Trump's presidential immunity claims.
- Trump’s lawyers argued that the ongoing process causes irreparable harm, although the district attorney maintained that the sentencing would impose no real burden.
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