The president-elect’s lawyers said public release of the special counsel report would violate his right to an orderly transition to the presidency.

President-elect Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to put off sentencing scheduled for Friday on his conviction for falsifying business records in the New York hush money case. And the Justice Department said it will release a portion of the special counsel's report on the Trump election interference case.

New York’s highest court has declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option to prevent the hear