Trump asks SCOTUS to halt sentencing in New York 'hush money' case

President-elect Donald Trump has experienced one of the greatest comebacks in legal history and has notched plenty of monumental wins in and out of the courtroom over the past few years.

But his work isn't done yet. Trump and his lawyers are still working to quash the remnants of the political lawfare cases against him, and their latest conquest involves convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the sentencing in his New York "hush money" case, according to the New York Post.

Trump and his lawyers requested that the Supreme Court intervene in the matter after a New York appeals court refused to postpone the Friday hearing.

The president-elect is due to face a no-punishment sentence, as confirmed by the judge last week. However, Trump and his legal team do not wish to accept that option, either.

The New York Post noted:

The judge overseeing the hush money case, Juan Merchan, last week set sentencing for Jan. 10 — just 10 days before Trump’s second inauguration as president.

The judge said that he planned to give Trump the most lenient possible sentence — no jail time, fine or probation. He also will let Trump appear virtually for the 9:30 a.m. hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court.

In their request to the high court, Trump and his attorneys argued that the sentencing hearing will unnecessarily interfere with Trump's preparation for his second term in the White House.

"This Court should enter an immediate stay of further proceedings in the New York trial court to prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the Presidency and the operations of the federal government," attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove and D. John Sauer wrote.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office was given until 10 a.m. Thursday to respond to the request from Trump's lawyers.

The Supreme Court filing also indicated that Trump's legal team filed a similar request with the Court of Appeals in Albany -- New York's highest court -- to stay the sentencing hearing.

The original sentencing date was set for July, but it was moved by Judge Merchan in the wake of the bombshell SCOTUS ruling that afforded Trump a significant degree of presidential immunity.

Trump's lawyers also argued that a president-elect has the same level of immunity from sentencing as a sitting president.

The Post added:

Trump’s attorneys have also argued that he can’t be sentenced as president-elect because he has the same immunity from criminal proceedings that a president does. But Blanche admitted to a New York appeals judge Tuesday that there are no other cases he can use as “support” for that claim.

Many believe that even with no-punishment sentencing, the process is designed by Merchan to allow Trump's critics to brand him a convicted, sentenced criminal.

Only time will tell if the Supreme Court steps in and does what it needs to.