Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to delay sentencing in New York hush money case

President-elect Donald Trump (Evan Vucci/AP)

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

The court’s order clears the way for Judge Juan M Merchan to impose a sentence on Friday on Mr Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a 130,000 dollar (£105,300) hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels.