New York prosecutors on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny President-elect Donald J. Trump’s last-ditch effort to halt his criminal sentencing, in a prelude to a much-anticipated ruling that will determine whether he enters the White House as a felon.
In a filing submitted a day before the scheduled sentencing, prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office characterized Mr. Trump’s emergency application to the Supreme Court as premature, noting that he had not yet exhausted his state court appeals.
The prosecutors, who secured Mr. Trump’s conviction last year on charges that he falsified records to cover up a sex scandal that endangered his 2016 presidential campaign, implored the Supreme Court to let the sentencing proceed.
After a series of unsuccessful maneuvers in New York State courts, Mr. Trump’s fate now rests in the hands of a friendlier audience: a Supreme Court with a 6-to-3 conservative majority that includes three justices Mr. Trump appointed. Five are needed to grant a stay.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
