President-elect Donald Trump has asked a New York judge to halt the sentencing in his felony hush money case, which is scheduled for 10 January.
His lawyers announced on Monday that Trump would appeal the decision by Justice Juan Merchan ordering that the sentencing would proceed.
In court filings, Trump’s attorneys wrote they would seek “a dismissal of this politically motivated prosecution that was flawed from the very beginning”.
Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May 2024, making him the first former president convicted of a crime.
The charges stemmed from Trump’s attempt to disguise reimbursements for a hush money payment to an adult film star as legal expenses.