Trump sentencing live: President-elect to learn his hush money case fate days before the inauguration

Donald Trump cited the Supreme Court and rejected its bid to delay his hush money case as a “fair decision,” but vowed to appeal Thursday evening.

The 78-year-old appeared pleased with the decision, even though conservative Justices Amy Coney Barrett — whom he appointed to the court — and Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberals who supported the decision.

“We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because quite frankly it’s a disgrace,” he said, although he noted that he found a silver lining in reading the Supreme Court’s ruling.

‘I read it and I actually thought it was a fair decision, so I’m going to do my thing tomorrow. They can have fun with their little political opponent,” he said, attempting to portray the judge as politically motivated.

Trump’s lawyers had asked for the sentencing to be postponed as he appeals the verdict.

They argued that Trump is immune from criminal proceedings as president-elect, and said some of the evidence used in the Manhattan trial violated the Supreme Court’s immunity decision last summer.

The Supreme Court should immediately halt the proceedings “to prevent serious injustice and damage to the institution of the presidency and the activities of the federal government,” his team argues.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is drawing criticism after revealing he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday.

Their call came a day before Trump’s lawyers made a last-ditch effort to have the nation’s highest court halt the sentencing in his hush-money case.

The conservative judge said he spoke by phone with the newly elected president on Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job.

“William Levi, one of my former law clerks, asked me to take a call from President-elect Trump regarding his qualifications to serve in government office,” Alito said in a statement.

“I agreed to discuss this matter with President-elect Trump, and he called me yesterday afternoon,” Alito continued.

Alito’s statement was released after the call was first reported by ABC News.

“We also did not discuss any other matter that is pending or could come before the Supreme Court in the future, or previous Supreme Court decisions involving the President-elect,” Alito said.

Sentencing in Trump’s hush money case is scheduled for Friday, January 10, but the president-elect had tried to have the case dismissed.

The Supreme Court rejected his attempt to overturn his conviction on Thursday evening and set up a showdown in court on Friday morning.

Trump, 78, was found guilty last May of 34 charges of falsifying company records to cover up hush money payments made to keep Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged affair before the 2016 election.

Donald Trump spent every day in the New York Supreme Court last year for the marathon hush money case.

He watched people like Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen and loyal employees like Hope Hicks testify.

During breaks in the proceedings, he spoke to reporters and denounced the charges against him – describing them as a “witch hunt.”

But he is expected to appear remotely from Palm Beach as he learns his punishment in the hush money face.

Donald Trump is likely to receive a conditional discharge if convicted in the hush money case.

It means the president-elect will not face jail time and avoid a fine or probation.

However, he does get a criminal record, which gives him a firm place in history as the first president to come to power as a convicted felon.

President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on Friday in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case after the United States Supreme Court rejected his last-minute bid to throw out the case.

The court ruled 5-4 that convicting Trump on 34 felonies would not be an insurmountable burden as he takes back the White House, noting that Judge Juan Merchan has indicated he would not impose jail time, fines or probation on the new president give.

“First, the alleged evidentiary violations at the trial of President-elect Trump may be addressed in the ordinary course of appeal,” the unsigned ruling said.

“Second, the burden that the conviction will place on the responsibilities of the president-elect is relatively insurmountable in light of the court’s stated intention to impose a penalty of ‘unconditional dismissal’ after a brief virtual hearing.”

Among those who supported the decision were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown.

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would have stayed sentencing, the order said.