The sentencing marks the culmination of the first-ever criminal case brought against a US president, past or present.

US president-elect brands trial a "political witch hunt".

NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday (Jan 10), but th

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.

President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday.

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

Justice Juan Merchan, who oversaw the six-week trial in 2024, had signaled that he does not plan to send Mr Trump to jail or to fine him.

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.

NEW YORK: Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to an adult star, a case that for a time overshadowed his bid to retake the...

Trump has asked the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in the hush money case. His lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. Merchan.

Says instead of incarceration, leaning towards an unconditional discharge.

New York Judge has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to toss his conviction in his New York criminal hush money case. Fox News reports that

The judge presiding over the hush money against Donald Trump denied his bid to dismiss the case and said he'll sentence him on January 10, ten days before his inauguration. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by political strategist Chai Komanduri. (The Beat's YouTube playlist: https://msnbc.com/ari Ari: / arimelber Beat merch: www.msnbc.com/Beat5)

NEW YORK: New York judge Juan Merchan presiding over President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case has set sentencing for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to...

The New York judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail time. Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former president ever convicted of a crime, can appear…