President-elect Donald Trump filed an urgent appeal on Wednesday with the Supreme Court to postpone his sentencing in a criminal case involving hush money payments. The sentencing, set for Friday, stems from 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a payment made during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump's lawyers argued that the justices should step in and pause his sentencing "to prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the presidency."

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the US Supreme Court to pause his sentencing in the hush money case, a highly unusual request that relies in part on the court’s decision last year to grant him broad immunity from criminal prosecution.