Judge Juan Merchan rejected President-elect Donald Trump‘s attempt to delay sentencing in his hush money case on Monday, one day after Trump made the request and two weeks before he enters the Oval Office.
Merchan wrote in an order that the sentencing would remain scheduled for Friday in Manhattan. The judge already offered Trump the option to appear virtually and has said he is likely to give a sentence of “unconditional discharge,” meaning the president-elect would receive no fines, probation, or jail time.
Merchan said Trump’s attorneys’ request for a sentencing delay lacked accuracy and included redundant arguments that the judge has rejected in the past.
“This Court finds that the authorities relied upon in the instant motion by the Defendant are for the most
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