A New York appeals court rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt the sentencing in his hush-money case scheduled for Friday after a Tuesday hearing. Associate Judge Ellen Gesmer ...

Justice Ellen Gesmer rejected the emergency stay request ... be availing himself of the virtual appearance option offered by Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the hush money trial.

Judge Ellen Gesmer, of the state's mid-level appellate court, denied Trump's request for an order that would have indefinitely postponed sentencing and halted the case while he appeals a decision ...

Judge Ellen Gesmer, of the state's intermediate appellate court, denied Trump's request for an order that would have indefinitely postponed sentencing and halted the case while he appeals a ...

The denial by Judge Ellen Gesmer came shortly after she held a hearing on Trump's request in Manhattan. Trump was convicted last year of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a $ ...

Judge Ellen Gesmer of the state’s midlevel appeals court rejected Trump’s emergency petition to immediately halt the proceeding, which is set to cement his status as a felon before he returns ...

Justice Ellen Gesmer rejected the emergency stay request ... Steven Wu of the Manhattan district attorney's office urged the judge reject the request. "This is a claim that the president-elect ...