New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to halt President-elect Trump’s sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction, which is scheduled for Friday morning.

In a terse note, the New York Court of Appeals’ chief clerk notified Trump’s attorneys that Judge Jenny Rivera declined to sign an order stopping the sentencing from moving forward as the president-elect appeals claims he is immune and the prosecution must be dismissed.

“As a result of the Judge’s determination, no motion is pending in the above title at the Court of Appeals,” the clerk wrote.

Trump has been attempting to block Friday’s sentencing on his 34 felony counts of falsifying business records ever since Judge Juan Merchan........

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