Unconditional discharge: What Donald Trump’s hush money sentencing really means
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in relation to his Manhattan hush money case, cementing his legacy as America’s first convicted felon to assume the presidency. The case involves Trump’s falsification of business records to pay porn star Stormy Daniels $130,
Excerpts from President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing
President-elect Donald Trump spoke for six minutes. The judge talked for seven. In the end, the first criminal court sentencing of a former or future president took little more than half an hour.
Takeaways from the sentencing hearing of Donald Trump
Donald Trump was sentenced without penalty in the New York hush money case Friday after a symbolic – and historic and unprecedented – hearing following the first felony conviction of a former and soon-to-be sitting president.
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Trump sentencing live updates: Judge sentences Trump to unconditional discharge
Judge Juan Merchan has signaled his intention to sentence Trump to an " unconditional discharge " -- allowing Trump to avoid prison, fines or probation -- out of respect for the principle of presidential immunity, which takes effect on Jan. 20 once Trump becomes president.
President-elect Trump faces no punishment in sentencing for New York "hush money" case
Bradley Blackburn reports on President-elect Trump receiving an unconditional discharge in sentencing for 34 guilty counts of falsifying business records.
Five Takeaways from Trump’s Criminal Sentencing
Friday’s punishment was largely symbolic, but it ensured that Donald J. Trump would become America’s first felon president.
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Judge Juan Merchan imposed an "unconditional discharge” that means Trump receives no prison time or probation. Trump continues to appeal conviction.
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Trump Defiant After Receiving Sentence, But No Penalty, for Criminal Conviction
The judge’s ruling means that Trump will not be fined, will not receive jail time and will not be given probation. But he will be the first convicted felon to take office as president.
Was Donald Trump's historic sentence too harsh or too lenient? It depends who you ask
The president-elect's sentencing after being convicted of 34 felony counts in hush-money case draws a wide range of reactions from supporters, critics
Trump's sentencing hearing also spared him from asking for mercy
This spared Trump from having to do what virtually any other defendant would do: plead for a light sentence based on ...
Trump avoids prison or fine in hush-money case sentencing
A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an "unconditional discharge," bringing to an end the first criminal ...
Trump's sentencing ends with no punishment, as judge wishes him 'godspeed' in his second term in office
Trump — slumped over a table and visible in the courtroom on overhead screens — then delivered a brief, 7-minute statement of ...
Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service as a result of his New York ...
Trump addresses court at hush money sentencing: ‘I am totally innocent’
Some criminal defendants use the opportunity to address the court to express remorse. The president-elect did no such thing.
Supreme Court refuses to delay Trump’s hush money sentencing
President-elect Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to stop the sentencing, citing the ...
Trump’s sentencing was the ‘final nail in the coffin,’ Kayleigh McEnany says
‘The Five’ panel reacts to President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in the New York v. Trump case.
Raskin asks Alito to recuse himself from Trump case after phone call between the two
Top House Judiciary Committee Democrat urges Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from Trump hush money ...