PANews January 8 news, according to CCTV News reports, on January 8 local time, U.S. President-elect Trump filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking to stop the sentencing for the 34 felony charges he faces in New York for falsifying business records on January 10. Trump's emergency application requests the court to halt the prosecution until his appeal regarding presidential immunity is resolved. Trump's lawyer stated, "The Supreme Court should immediately suspend further proceedings in the New York trial court to prevent serious injustice and harm to the presidential system and the functioning of the federal government."