The defeat at the Supreme Court was a rare reversal for Trump’s strategy of seeking to delay his criminal cases with multiple appeals – which he used in his federal cases to buy time until he could use his executive authority to thwart them. Of course, for this to work he had to live up to his end of the bargain and win the election.

President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment

The Supreme Court on Thursday scuttled President-elect Donald Trump's last chance at halting his upcoming sentencing hearing in New York. The vote was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett breaking with conservatives to side with the court's three liberal justices.