Supreme Court rejects Missouri's bid to halt Trump’s sentencing in NY hush money case
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Missouri had argued that the rights of Missouri voters to hear from presidential candidates were being violated by the New York criminal proceeding.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican attorney general to lift a gag order and delay the sentencing of former President Donald Trump following his conviction in the New York hush money case.
Missouri’s attorney general Andrew Bailey argued in June the Supreme Court should block the gag order on former President Donald Trump and his hush money sentencing until after the election.
The Supreme Court declined to intervene in a long-shot lawsuit brought by Missouri attempting to block legal proceedings in former President Donald Trump's hush money case in New York.
Supreme Court justices spurned a push from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, to effectively delay sentencing and lift the gag order in former President Donald Trump's hush money case.
Missouri sought to sue New York under the court’s “original jurisdiction,” which sometimes allows suits between states to be brought directly to the justices.
