Supreme Court Rejects GOP States on Trump’s NY Conviction (2)

The US Supreme Court refused to intervene in the New York criminal conviction of Donald Trump for hiding hush-money payments, rejecting a long-shot bid by Missouri and other Republican-led states to delay the former president’s sentencing until after the election.

The justices on Monday declined to let Missouri take the unusual step of suing New York at the nation’s highest court. Missouri had sought to temporarily block the former president’s sentencing on Sept. 18 and lift the gag order that bars him from talking about jurors in his case or court staff and their family members.

A majority of justices ...