Golden Finance reported that U.S. President-elect Trump’s lawyers have appealed the ruling in his “hush money” criminal case and applied to the judge to postpone the sentencing process scheduled for this week. Trump's lawyers argued that sentencing must be delayed pending appeals. His team has asked New York Judge Juan Mercan to respond before 14:00 Eastern Time on the 6th. On January 3, local time, New York Judge Juan Mercan ruled to uphold Trump’s conviction in the “hush money” case, rejected Trump’s request to overturn the jury’s verdict, and set the sentencing date for January. 10th. Trump's lawyers have previously said they would appeal any attempt to have his sentence overturned before Inauguration Day on January 20.