Trump asks Supreme Court to halt sentencing in hush money case

Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block his sentencing in the New York hush money case.

The president-elect is currently scheduled to be sentenced Friday on 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records to cover up payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and the court has given prosecutors until Thursday morning to respond to Trump's request to block criminal proceedings in the case, reported NBC News.

"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," Trump's lawyers wrote in a new filing.

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Trump's lawyers argue that the case shouldn't be allowed to move forward because he should be protected by the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling last summer.

"The Supreme Court’s historic decision on Immunity, the Constitution, and established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately dismissed," said Trump spokesman Steven Cheung in a statement.