U.S. President-elect Donald Trump asked a New York court on Tuesday to throw out his conviction on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, and to dismiss the case before his scheduled Friday sentencing.

Prosecutors have been ordered to respond to the president-elect’s request by Thursday morning, suggesting the court could rule before Friday’s scheduled sentencing.

The president-elect is asking the Supreme Court to halt the sentencing after both Judge Juan Merchan and an appeals court refused.

A New York appeals court judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to postpone his Friday sentencing in the hush money case.

A New York appeals court judge has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay this week’s sentencing in his hush money case.

Trump appealed a New York judge's plan to sentence him Friday by arguing his conviction should be overturned due to presidential immunity.

A New York appellate judge on Tuesday declined to suspend President-elect Trump’s Friday sentencing on his hush money criminal conviction. Judge Ellen Gesmer of the state’s midlevel appeals

Donald Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.

Lawyers for Donald Trump are asking a New York appeals court judge for an emergency order halting the president-elect's scheduled sentencing Friday on criminal charges in the hush money case. The attorneys filed their petition for an emergency stay at the state Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court.

A New York appeals judge has denied President-elect Trump's request to delay the Jan. 10 sentencing in his criminal hush money case.

A New York state appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday afternoon on President-elect Donald Trump’s request to dismiss his conviction in the hush money case. Trump’s legal team is urging the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court to throw out the case entirely,