A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for felony crimes days before he returns to the presidency.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Thursday Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing in a New York state court for the president-elect's conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.

Donald Trump’s request to halt his sentencing in his New York hush money case has been denied by the Supreme Court, meaning that Trump will face sentencing on Friday, and will likely be sworn in as the first president of the United States to be a convicted felon.

President-elect Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to stop the sentencing, citing the conservative majority’s explosive immunity opinion.

A New York top court denied Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in hush money case, while his appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court remains pending.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Thursday turned down President-elect Trump’s plea to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday on his felony conviction in a hush-money case. The vote was 5-4, with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh saying they would granted Trump’s appeal.

New York’s Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, also refused to stop Trump’s sentencing Thursday morning, as the president-elect went to the court after both Merchan and a New York appeals judge declined to pause it while Trump appeals two orders Merchan issued upholding the guilty verdict.