Judge Sentences Donald Trump In Hush Money Case

President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment.

The outcome of an unconditional discharge cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term, a fine or community service.

Trump was convicted last May of 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes.

The jury found that he falsified records kept by his company to hide the purpose of reimbursements to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen, who had made a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 campaign to silence her claim of an extramarital sexual encounter. Trump denies they had sex.

However, unless the conviction for falsifying business records is someday overturned, Trump will have felonies on his criminal record, which will affect some of his rights.

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