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

The justice claims the phone call was about an ex-law clerk, not Trump's attempts to block sentencing in his hush money case

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.