The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s request to pause his sentencing hearing related to his New York hush-money case.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the court’s three liberal justices to reject Trump’s request, according to the Associated Press. The majority did not rule on the merits of Trump’s argument, but said that the question could be decided through an appeal.
Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas voted to delay the sentencing hearing.
Trump responded to the ruling on Thursday evening during a dinner with Republican governors at his Florida resort: “I respect the court’s opinion — I think it was actually a very good opinion for us because you saw what they said, but they invited the appeal and the appeal is on the bigger issue. So, we’ll see how it works…
