Why the Trump hush money trial was worth it even though he didn't go to jail
With Friday's sentencing, Donald Trump is officially a criminal felon despite his best efforts to duck and dodge and seek favor with his particularly devoted judges. Kristy Greenberg, former federal prosecutor,
After Trump’s Hush Money Sentencing, What’s Up With His Other Criminal Cases?
After Donald Trump won reelection to the US presidency, prosecutors dropped two of the four prosecutions he’d faced during much of his campaign to return to the White House. Those were both federal cases.
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 conservative majority’s explosive immunity opinion.
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.
Trump faces sentencing in his hush money case, days before White House return
With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge, and prosecutors aren't opposing it. That would mean no jail time, no probation and no fines would be imposed, but nothing is final until Friday's proceeding is done.
Trump spared jail at hush money sentencing, days before inauguration
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a case that for a time overshadowed his bid to retake the White House.
Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush money case, while calling it 'despicable'
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment in his historic hush money case, a judgment that lets him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.
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.
LISTEN: Audio from Trump's sentencing hearing in the Trump hush money case
Listen to the audio recording of New York Judge Juan Merchan sentencing President-elect Trump to "unconditional discharge" in the hush money case. This is the first time recordings have been made available to the public from the courtroom proceedings.
Trump becomes first ex-president sentenced for criminal conviction: recap
Judge Juan Merchan imposed an "unconditional discharge” that means Trump receives no prison time or probation. Trump continues to appeal conviction.
Sentencing finalizes Trump's conviction, ends embarrassing chapter
Donald Trump was sentenced in New York on Friday, capping a long and, at times, embarrassing ordeal that saw him become the ...
Donald Trump Gets No Jail Time Or Fine As Judge Sentences Him To “Unconditional Discharge” In New York Hush Money Case
President-elect Donald Trump will enter the White House this month as a felon, but will serve no jail time under a sentence ...