The Supreme Court rejected on Monday an effort to freeze sentencing and a gag order in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush-money case against Donald Trump until after the November election in which the former president is seeking another term in the White House.
Missouri‘s GOP attorney general, Andrew Bailey, petitioned the high court in July, raising concerns about his constituents not being able to participate in a contest “free from New York’s exercise of coercive power limiting the ability of Trump to campaign.” New York fought back.
The Supreme Court said Missouri’s bill of complaint was “denied” and its motion for preliminary relief or a stay was “dismissed as moot.” Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito “would grant the motion for leave to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief,” the order added.
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