The New York judge presiding over U.S President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday set sentencing for Ten days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail term.
Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former president ever convicted of a crime, can appear either in person or virtually at his January Ten sentencing.
In an 18-page decision, Judge Merchan upheld Trump’s conviction by a New York jury, rejecting various motions from Trump’s lawyers seeking to have it thrown out.
The judge said that instead of incarceration, he was leaning towards an unconditional discharge, meaning the real estate tycoon would not be subject to any conditions.
Trump potentially faced up to four years in prison but legal experts even before he won the November presidential election did not expect Judge Merchan to send the former president to jail.
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