Donald Trump is to face sentencing next week over his criminal conviction for making hush money payments to a porn star, a judge has ruled.
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.
Merchan, who presided over the trial, said the Republican president-elect may appear for the sentencing – which will take place just 10 days before his inauguration – either in-person or virtually.
He wrote that a sentence of “unconditional discharge” – meaning no custody, monetary fine, or probation – would be “the most viable solution.”
The case stemmed from a $130,000 payment that Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
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.
A Manhattan jury in May found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up the payment.
It was the first time a US president – former or sitting – had been convicted of or charged with a criminal offence.
A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This story is being updated.
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