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.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Trump’s request to delay his sentencing for his 34 criminal convictions, with Chief Justice Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett siding with the three liberals on the court. Justices Thomas,

The U.S Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied President-Elect Donald Trump's appeal to delay his sentencing in his New York hush money trial. Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the liberal justices in the decision.