on January 8th local time, US President-elect Trump requested that the US Supreme Court block the sentencing of 34 counts of forgery of business records in New York on January 10th. Trump's emergency application requests that the court halt the prosecution until his appeal regarding presidential immunity is resolved. Trump's lawyers stated, "The Supreme Court should immediately suspend further litigation in the New York trial court to prevent serious injustice and damage to the presidential system and federal government operations."