Justice Juan Merchan’s sentence of unconditional discharge for Trump carries no jail time, probation or fines. Trump had faced up to four years in prison.

Donald Trump was sentenced without penalty overnight for his felony conviction in his hush money trial, appearing virtually at what was likely his final court hearing as a crimina

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felonies for authorizing a scheme in 2017 to falsify records in order to cover up reimbursements for a "hush money" payment.

Donald Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records. He was sentenced Friday in a New York court.

Read and listen to Donald Trump's entire sentencing hearing following his conviction for falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 election.

For the first time in the history of our nation, a president is a convicted felon.

Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction ended without penalty in a Manhattan courtroom Friday, as the president-elect was sentenced to an unconditional discharge for his conviction on felony charges that he paid hush money to an adult film actress to conceal their affair as he ran for president in 2016.

Donald Trump received a no-penalty sentence in his hush money case – less than two weeks before his inauguration. On Friday morning, New York judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump to unconditional discharge on all thirty four counts of falsifying business records.