President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his historic hush money case to an unconditional discharge -- allowing Trump to avoid prison, fines or probation, but cementing his status as a ...

Instead New York judge Juan Merchan handed down the mildest criminal sanction available, an unconditional discharge -- a relatively uncommon measure. "Never before has this court been presented ...

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But Justice Juan ... New York judge again upheld the conviction, even as he floated the possibility that Trump will not face any concrete penalties. A sentence of “unconditional discharge ...

We included claims, which we defined as instances of uninterrupted blocks of speech from a single speaker that attacked the impartiality of Judge Juan Merchan. For host monologues, headlines ...

The president-elected faces up to four years in prison, but Merchan last week indicated that he would sentence Trump to an unconditional discharge — effectively a blemish on Trump’s record ...

Judge Juan Merchan said Trump ... The judge said that instead of incarceration he was leaning towards an unconditional discharge – meaning the real estate tycoon would not be subject to ...

Trump's sentence, which Judge Juan Merchan announced on Jan. 10, 2025, created quite an uproar on social media. The sentence, an "unconditional discharge," is rare in New York courts, according to The ...

Trump's lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan in court papers Monday that dismissal is warranted because of the extraordinary circumstances of his impending return to the White House.