Manhattan prosecutors have urged New York's top court to reject U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's request to halt his sentencing set for Friday for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.

"I was not even aware at the time of our conversation that such an application would be filed,” the Supreme Court justice said.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump by phone this week in support of a former law clerk who is seeking a job in the incoming administration – but the justice said he did not discuss Trump’s pending effort to delay his sentencing.

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to delay his planned sentencing Friday in his criminal hush money case, setting up a potential test of the high court's ruling to extend broad immunity from prosecution to former presidents.

Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay sentencing in the hush money case, citing harm to the presidential transition. Sentencing is set for Jan. 10.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York hush-m

New York's top court rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to delay his sentencing Friday for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a court official said on Thursday.