Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case due to his presidential election victory, setting the sentencing date for 10 January, but indicated that he is not inclined to impose a jail sentence.
He wrote that a sentence of “unconditional discharge” – meaning no custody, monetary fine, or probation – would be “the most viable solution.”
The payment was for her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she has said she had a decade earlier with Trump, which he denies took place.
It was the first time a US president – former or sitting – had been convicted of or charged with a criminal offence.
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