A New York criminal trial will sentence Trump.
Trump attempted to prevent sentencing all the way to the US Supreme Court.
On Friday, President-elect Trump is predicted to receive a sentence following his conviction of falsifying business records, which stems from a years-long investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The president-elect is predicted to participate in his trial remotely, despite attempting to halt the proceedings until the Supreme Court this week.
Juan Merchan, a judge, set Trump's sentencing for Jan. 10, which is ten days before he is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.
Merchan, though, said he will not sentence the president-elect to prison.
Merchan decided not to impose any sentence of incarceration but instead opted for an unconditional discharge, meaning no punishment would be imposed.
The New York State Court of Appeals rejected Trump's appeal to halt the sentencing process.
Trump filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting a stay of pending criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court of New York County, New York, until the resolution of his interlocutory appeal concerning presidential immunity, including in this Court if necessary.
Trump's filing requested that the Court temporarily pause its proceedings to consider the stay application.
Trump's lawyers contended that New York prosecutors made a mistake by presenting a large amount of evidence related to official presidential actions during the trial, despite the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution for official presidential acts.
The high court "does not have authority" over the case, according to New York prosecutors.
In the trial last year, they contended that the evidence they presented did not fall under any immunity as it pertained to "unofficial behavior."
The former president and presidential candidate was found guilty on all counts of falsifying business records in the first degree after a six-week-long trial.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the case and has repeatedly criticized it as an instance of "lawfare" orchestrated by Democrats to harm his re-election campaign in November.
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