New York AG Asks Supreme Court to Toss Missouri’s Bid to Block Trump Sentencing, Gag Order

The attorney general’s court papers say that would ‘undermine the integrity’ of courts in New York state.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on May 12, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James asked the U.S. Supreme Court on July 25 to dismiss Missouri’s petition that seeks to prevent former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in September after his criminal conviction.

Weeks after a Manhattan jury in late May found the 45th president guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, submitted a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. He argued that the conviction and sentencing would violate the rights of voters in his state.