President-elect Donald Trump Fox Digital has learned that the company filed a motion to stay the Jan. 10 decision in New York v. Trump.

“Today, President Trump’s legal team took action to stop the unlawful sentencing in the Manhattan District Attorney’s witch hunt. The Supreme Court’s historic ruling on immunity, the New York State Constitution, and other established legal precedents require the immediate dismissal of this baseless case. hoax,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung, the incoming White House communications director, told Fox Digital on Monday morning.

New York judge sentences Trump days before inauguration

On December 7, 2024, US President-elect Donald Trump met with the French President at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Trump, on his first international trip since being elected, prepared for a day of intense diplomacy before attending a ceremony to reopen Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was restored after a 2019 fire. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier/POOL/AFP) (Photo by SARAH MEYSSONNIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (Sarah Messonnier)

“The American people elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate to demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all remaining witch hunts. We look forward to serving in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again Unite our country,” Zhang continued.

Earlier this month, New York Judge Juan Merchan set a sentencing date in the case before Trump takes office on January 20. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced at 9:30 a.m. Friday, January 10.

Trump was discovered Convicted of 34 counts of forgery Business records in the May Manhattan case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is working to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. to quell her accusations of an affair with Trump in 2006.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 30: Former US President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City to face his hush money trial. Judge Juan Mercand gave instructions to the jury as deliberations entered their second day. The former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his first criminal case. (Steven Hirsch-Poole/Getty Images)

Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and has repeatedly accused it of being an example of Democrats pushing the law to hurt his election efforts before November.

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“Nearly all legal scholars and experts say there are no (zero!) cases against me. The judge has fabricated the facts and the law, no different from other New York judicial and prosecutorial witch hunts. This is why businesses are fleeing New York, The legal system is broken and businesses can’t risk getting caught in this quicksand. It’s all rigged and the opponents in this case are my political opponents!” Trump said on “Truth Society” on Sunday night. News about the case was released.