The court’s 5-4 order Thursday clears the way for Judge Juan M. Merchan to impose a sentence Friday on Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels.

In a post-ruling message shared on Truth Social, Trump declined to criticise the Supreme Court. Rather, he blasted his trial judge, New York Judge Juan Merchan.

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge and prosecutors aren’t opposing it. That would mean no jail time, no probation and no fines would be imposed, but nothing is final until Friday’s proceeding is done.

The nation’s high court denied Trump’s request for an emergency stay, or pause, of the criminal proceedings in his Manhattan case as he fights a set of rulings by state Supreme Court Justice Juan

What will being a convicted felon mean for Donald Trump’s presidency? Why is he being sentenced to “unconditional discharge?” What you need to know as the President-Elect faces

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Thursday refused President-elect Trump’s request to halt his criminal sentencing, now just hours away, closing off Trump’s last remaining pathway to avoid

The high court’s action clears the way for the president-elect to be sentenced for his criminal conviction in Manhattan on Friday.