The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump’s request to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New York, meaning Friday's sentencing can take place.

A divided Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case.

The US Supreme Court has rejected Trump's last-minute bid to halt his Friday sentencing in his hush money criminal case. The president-elect had urged the top court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of his sentencing.