President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his historic hush money case to an unconditional discharge -- allowing ...

the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a hearing in years … from the judge himself. Acting Justice Juan Merchan admitted ...

The US president-elect was convicted for falsifying business records relating to a payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.

The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York ...

Last Friday, New York county judge Juan Merchan proceeded with official sentencing of Donald J. Trump following the president-elect's controversial May 2024 conviction for business records ...

Attorneys and legal experts railed against New York Judge Juan Merchan sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in the NY v. Trump case just days ahead of his inauguration as president, saying the ...

As the first weeks of President Donald J. Trump’s presidency devolve into chaos within the federal government, the Next ...

The incoming president, who did not physically attend the sentencing, appeared via a remote video feed from South Florida. After a 30-minute hearing, Judge Juan Merchan released Trump without any ...

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 ...

Judge Merchan highlighted the exceptional legal protection for the presidential office but emphasized the seriousness of Trump's actions. Trump will be the first felon to assume the presidency ...

President-elect Trump was sentenced Friday after being found guilty on charges of falsifying business records stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s yearslong investigation.

not the occupant of the office." Before sentencing Trump, Judge Merchan emphasizes that the "protections afforded to the office of the president" apply only to that office, "not the occupant of ...