Trump asks Supreme Court to block New York criminal sentencing

 https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5073608-donald-trump-supreme-court-sentencing/?tbref=hp

President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court to block his sentencing Friday on 34 New York felony counts of falsifying business records. 

Trump’s emergency application asks the court to prevent the hush money prosecution from moving ahead until his appeals implicating presidential immunity are resolved. 

“President Trump is currently engaged in the most crucial and sensitive tasks of preparing to assume the Executive Power in less than two weeks, all of which are essential to the United States’ national security and vital interests,” Trump’s attorneys wrote.  

“Forcing President Trump to prepare for a criminal sentencing in a felony case while he is preparing to lead the free world as President of the United States in less than two weeks imposes an intolerable, unconstitutional burden on him that undermines these vital national interests,” they added.