PANews reported on January 8 that according to CCTV News, on January 8 local time, US President-elect Trump filed a request with the US Supreme Court to prevent the sentencing of 34 felony charges against him in New York for falsifying business records on the 10th of this month. Trump's emergency application asked the court to prevent the prosecution from continuing until his appeal regarding presidential immunity is resolved. Trump's lawyers said, "The Supreme Court should immediately suspend further proceedings in the New York trial court to prevent serious injustice and damage to the presidential system and the operation of the federal government."