According to Odaily Planet Daily, on January 9 local time, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York rejected Trump's request to suspend the verdict of the "hush money" criminal case.
On January 8, Trump's lawyers applied to the Supreme Court to postpone the sentencing originally scheduled for the 10th. The Supreme Court asked the New York State Prosecutor's Office to respond to the application by the morning of the 9th at the latest.