President-elect Donald Trump is being sentenced in New York after he was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. In a ruling last month, Judge Juan Merchan said a “sentence of an unconditional discharge appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality.

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge.

President-elect Donald Trump will enter the White House this month as a felon, but will serve no jail time under a sentence handed down this morning in New York for his criminal conviction in a hush-money trial that angered him and his supporters but didn’t prevent him from reclaiming the presidency.

President-elect Donald Trump doesn't have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service as a result of his New York hush money conviction. A judge ended the case Friday with a sentence of an unconditional discharge,

A judge ended the case Friday with a sentence of an unconditional discharge, closing the case with no punishment