Trump Gets No Punishment After Conviction in Hush Money Case

Donald Trump, the first former US president convicted of a felony, was sentenced by a New York judge to no jail time in his hush money case, though he’ll still return to the White House this month with a criminal record.

Justice Juan Merchan on Friday gave Trump a so-called unconditional discharge at a hearing attended virtually by the president-elect. The sentence means Trump emerges from the case without any probation, fine, or continued responsibility to the court, despite a jury convicting him of 34 felony counts.