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Former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky weighs in after President-elect Trump filed an emergency petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the sentencing in his New York criminal trial. Former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky weighs in after President-elect Trump filed an emergency petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the sentencing in his New York criminal trial.