The president-elect will be sentenced in a New York court 10 days before the start of the second term.
United States President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to do so stop events in his New York criminal case involving the payment of money to a major movie star.
The court's release Wednesday comes just two days before Trump's sentencing in the case.
Trump was found guilty last May of 34 counts of business fraud, which prosecutors said Trump carried out in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election to cover up a potentially damaging political affair.
Last week, Judge Juan Merchan ordered the sentencing to take place on Friday, just 10 days before Trump takes office.
In a letter to the Supreme Court, Trump's lawyers requested that the decision be immediately suspended “to prevent a grave injustice and harm to the President's institution and public services”.
Such a stay would give time for Trump's appeal to move forward. The Supreme Court has ordered prosecutors to respond to the request by Thursday.
Trump's lawyers say last year's Supreme Court decision to grant money to the president broad enough protection from trial means that some evidence should not have been presented in the trial.
They have pressed for the decision to be withdrawn.
The appeal to the Supreme Court – the US Supreme Court, which is ruled by a 6-3 majority, including three appointed by Trump – comes after two lower courts rejected Trump's request for a stay.
Temporary validity
The trial in New York made Trump the first former president in US history to be impeached. He is expected to re-enter office as the first president to be convicted again.
Trump has also been indicted on three other counts: one federal indictment related to efforts to disrupt the 2020 election; one charge related to the concealment and storage of White House documents; and one story in Georgia about efforts to sabotage the results of the 2020 elections there.
However, Trump's election victory became possible death in two federal cases, the longest-running Justice Department impeachment inquiry against the president.
US Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to drop both charges after Trump's victory.
The future of the case in Georgia is also unclear, as the state's appeals court recently disbarred the prosecutor. While the state isn't subject to the same restrictions as the federal government, it doesn't seem likely that they will go any further with Trump in office.
Trump's 2024 election victory also raised serious questions about the impact of his decisions in New York.
However, in the courts, Judge Merchan indicated that he would sentence Trump to “acquittal without reason”, meaning that his conviction will stand, but he will not face jail time, fines or probation.