The proceedings are set to begin at 9:30 a.m. in Manhattan. Though the president-elect is expected to avoid jail time, his sentencing on 34 counts will formalize his status as a felon and make him the first to carry that distinction into the White House.

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche argued that his client is already protected by presidential immunity and that the judge should block his sentencing on state felony charges.

New York's highest court has rejected Donald Trump's latest bid to halt this Friday's sentencing hearing in his criminal hush-money case. The post Trump claims hush-money sentencing ‘mere days’ before inauguration is ‘unconstitutional’ in failed application to state’s highest court first appeared on Law & Crime.

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche argued that his client is already protected by presidential immunity and that the judge should block his sentencing on state felony charges.

A New York appeals court judge on Tuesday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's emergency motion, to delay this week's sentencing in his hush money case, one day after Judge Juan Merchan denied the same request.

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