New York’s highest court has declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S.

The president-elect called the conservative justice the night before a last-ditch demand to stop his sentencing in New York

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to delay his planned sentencing Friday in his criminal hush money case, setting up a potential test of the high court's ruling to extend broad immunity from prosecution to former presidents.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-money case,

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-m

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed on Wednesday that he talked with President-elect Donald Trump just days before possibly ruling on his immunity claims connected with his New York hush

"I was not even aware at the time of our conversation that such an application would be filed,” the Supreme Court justice said.

The call took place a day before Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt his sentencing, though Samuel Alito said they did not discuss the emergency application.

Hours before the petition was filed, the president-elect spoke on the phone with Samuel Alito, who clarified that the impending appeal was not mentioned during the call.