A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for felony crimes days before he returns to the presidency.

Prosecutors on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to allow Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case to go ahead as scheduled on Friday morning. Emphasizing that Trump’s conviction rests on conduct for which he is not entitled to immunity,

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg urged the Supreme Court to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay sentencing, dismissing claims of pre-inauguration immunity as “unprecedented.”