By Kate Christobek On Friday, Justice Juan M. Merchan sentenced Donald J. Trump to an unconditional discharge, a rare and lenient sentence in New York state courts that still cements Mr. Trump’s ...

President-elect Donald Trump received an unconditional discharge Friday in the Manhattan “hush money” case related to his 2016 presidential bid. The sentencing, which releases him from ...

President-elect Donald Trump received a historic sentence on Friday, Jan. 10, from New York Judge Juan Merchan, dodging jail time and instead getting "unconditional discharge" for his 34 felony ...

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 ...

After months of delay, legal sparring, and constitutional uncertainty, President-elect Donald Trump today was sentenced to an “unconditional discharge” over his felony conviction on 34 counts ...

On Jan. 10, 2025, Justice Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial in a New York state court, sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge for all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records ...

On Friday, January 10, 2025, the 78-year-old Republican attended the sentencing virtually, and the judge granted him “unconditional discharge.” Naturally, many want to know what this means and ...

UPDATE (Jan. 10, 2025, 10:14 a.m. ET): Judge Juan Merchan on Friday sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to unconditional discharge in his New York hush money case. Judge Juan Merchan signaled ...

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning for his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, positioning him to become the first convicted felon in the White House.

Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump, who will soon take the oath of office and become America's 47th president, with an "unconditional discharge” in his hush-money criminal case. That means Trump ...

President-elect Donald Trump received the first ever criminal sentencing for a former or incoming U.S. president on Friday, an "unconditional discharge” that means Trump will get no prison ...