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NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his felony hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment, an outcome that cements his conviction but frees him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.Trump’s sentence of an unconditional discharge caps a norm-smashing case that saw the former and future president charged with 34 felonies, put on trial for almost two months and convicted on every count. Yet, the legal detour — and sordid details aired in court of a plot to bury affair allegations —...

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning in his New York hush money case after a jury in May convicted him on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. Judge Juan Merchan sentenced 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.

Judge Juan Merchan has sentenced President-elect Donald Trump in a New York NDA case (the so-called "hush money" case). The sentence is an unconditional discharge, which in essence is a sentence in name only.AdvertisementThe Hill reports:President-elect Trump was spared any punishment for his hush money criminal conviction Friday when a New York judge sentenced him to an unconditional discharge, eschewing jail time while securing his status as the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency. Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to release Trump with no strings attached caps the first and only criminal trial of a former president,...

President-elect Trump raged Saturday against the Manhattan judge who oversaw his criminal trial, calling the jurist “corrupt” in a Truth Social post. “I never falsified business records. It is a fake, made up charge by a corrupt judge who is just doing the work of the Biden/Harris Injustice Department, an attack on their political opponent,” Trump began in a post first targeting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. “A legal expense was called, on the books, a legal expense. There was nothing else it could have been called. This was the so-called falsifying of records. I was hiding nothing, everything...

Of all the bogus criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits that the Democrats have brought against Donald Trump, perhaps the most ridiculous is the New York “hush money” case. In that case, corrupt prosecutors and a corrupt judge colluded, using an unprecedented and incoherent legal theory, to transform Trump’s perfectly legal payment to Stormy Daniels into a felony under New York Law. The jury’s conviction, on charges that the prosecution was literally unable to explain, let alone prove, was a travesty.Now Judge Juan Merchan, who acted as an agent of the Democratic Party in allowing and furthering this prosecution, has issued...

What, you didn’t really think The Swamp would slither away on its own, did you? In what was described by journalists as “an extraordinary turn,” New York Judge Juan M. Merchan announced today that he will move forward with the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 10 — a scant 10 days before he’s inaugurated as our next president. In a highly controversial, politically charged court case that dramatically deviated from standard precedent, Trump was convicted of falsifying his business records to hide a 2016 payment to “adult actress” Stormy Daniels. Trump has adamantly denied these allegations, asserted his...

The New York judge in President-elect Donald Trump's criminal hush money case ruled Monday that the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision does not apply to that case. Trump had sought to dismiss his criminal indictment and vacate the jury verdict on the grounds that prosecutors, during the trial last May, introduced evidence relating to Trump's official acts as president, after the Supreme Court later ruled in July that Trump is entitled to presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts undertaken while in office...... In his ruling Monday, Merchan found that there was "overwhelming evidence of guilt" that led the...

In an 82-page court filing made public Tuesday, Manhattan prosecutors say Donald Trump's "history of malicious conduct" is too serious for his hush-money case to be dismissed. The filing, signed by DA Alvin Bragg, also fights Trump's claim that he enjoys something called presidential-elect immunity — above and beyond the presidential immunity bestowed on him by the US Supreme Court in June. "There are no grounds for such relief now, prior to inauguration," Bragg wrote in opposing Trump's 11th-hour motion to dismiss, "because President-elect immunity does not exist." With just six weeks left before his January 20 inauguration — and...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) called for President-elect Trump to be pardoned in his New York hush money case in the senator’s first Truth Social post, which he sent Tuesday. “The Trump hush money and Hunter Biden cases were both bulls‑‑‑, and pardons are appropriate,” Fetterman said in his post. “Weaponizing the judiciary for blatant, partisan gain diminishes the collective faith in our institutions and sows further division.” Fetterman said last week that Trump deserves to be pardoned of the hush money case on ABC’s “The View,” following President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden. “I think that it’s undeniable...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to lift the gag order imposed on Trump in his NYC ‘hush money’ case. This is the second time the Supreme Court declined to intervene and lift the gag order. “The Supreme Court on Monday declined to lift a gag order restricting President-elect Donald Trump from making statements about jurors, court staff, and their families in his New York criminal case,” The Washington Examiner reported. “Justice Samuel Alito handled the denial on behalf of the full court, marking the second time this year the justices have upheld the restrictions. There were no additional...

Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday said they will oppose President-elect Trump’s demand to dismiss his criminal hush money case following his White House victory, court documents show. But Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) in the new letter said he won’t resist adjourning Trump’s sentencing next week so the judge can receive further briefing on the issue. Bragg is firmly against tossing his historic case entirely, though his letter does leave the door open to “non-dismissal options” like halting the sentencing until Trump’s departure from office in 2029. “The People deeply respect Office of the President, are mindful of the demands...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will decide Tuesday whether to delay sentencing Donald Trump after his conviction on charges related to hush money paid to a porn star — or even to toss the case — now that Trump is preparing to re-enter the White House. The prosecutor could move to pause Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing date on his conviction for concealing a payoff that hid a sex scandal from voters before the 2016 presidential election. Bragg could also push to dismiss the case entirely. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan would have to approve prosecutors’ plan before it goes...

Frightened celebrities are paying Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged victims to stay quiet, according to R&B singer Ray J, who suggested high-profile stars fear that their names will get leaked to the public. “I’m hearing about artists paying victims to keep their names out of it,” Ray J told TMZ founder Harvey Levin in the first episode of the outlet’s documentary, The Downfall of Diddy: Inside the Freak-Offs, released on Tuesday. “Here’s what I do know, people do catch-and-kills all day,” Ray J continued, explaining that a “catch-and-kill” refers to when “somebody has a truth, somebody pays you to keep it...

Trump allegedly paid 130,000 hush money from his own funds. Congress paid millions of taxpayer funds to shut up their bimbo eruptions.

Former NBA center Vin Baker lost more than $100 million in career earnings and later became a Starbucks barista. Former NBA guard Kenny Anderson made $63 million and filed for bankruptcy the year he retired. Former NBA MVP Allen Iverson made more than $200 million but said during a 2012 divorce proceeding that he didn't have enough to afford a cheeseburger. Former All-Star Latrell Sprewell lost more than $97 million.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case may be postponed from next week in light of Monday’s Supreme Court immunity ruling, with the Manhattan district attorney saying he is not opposed to a delay requested by Trump’s lawyers so they can seek to vacate his conviction. The Manhattan district attorney’s office noted in a letter to the court Tuesday that sentencing would have to be delayed from July 11 for the defense to make its case about how the Supreme Court’s decision could affect Trump’s state court prosecution.Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Manhattan district attorney's office said Tuesday it would not oppose former President Trump's request to file a motion arguing his conviction should be tossed, a move that will almost certainly delay Trump's sentencing, which is currently set for July 11. "Although we believe defendant's arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion," assistant district attorney Josh Steinglass wrote in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan.

I watched something on Friday that left me scratching my head, and maybe someone can sort it out for me. Doesn't everyone know the first rule when it comes to "Judge Judy" Sheindlin is: "Nobody messes with Judge Judy, period"? CNN host Chris Wallace was certainly blindsided when he had the former TV jurist as his guest on the latest episode of "Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace," which is broadcast on the Max streaming platform on Fridays. In a preview released before the show aired, Wallace asked Sheindlin what she thought of former President Donald Trump's legal tactics, but felt...

Are various members of Congress, who paid some $17 million in taxpayer funds to silence people who brought sexual misconduct claims against them, now going to be investigated, tried, and convicted of felonies, like President Trump? After all, they didn’t report those payments as campaign contributions. That’s the suggestion that has been raised in a congressional hearing. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against President Donald Trump over business reporting issues, described as a “hush money” case because of testimony from ex-porn star Stormy Daniels, likely will be overturned, witnesses have told Congress. And given the multiple constitutional errors allowed...

Is Congress's $17 million sexual misconduct hush money fund campaign finance violations? Rep. Thomas Massie highlights that Congress's hush money payments would be considered campaign finance violations under Alvin Bragg's novel theory used to target President Trump. "Congress has paid over $17 million in hush money for sexual misconduct inside of the offices in these buildings. And what's more, is that it was taxpayer money. The allegation is that President Trump paid $130,000 of his own money. But here in Congress, there might be some here on this dais who had the taxpayer pay for their sexual misconduct charges. And...