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In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House — but promised not to jail him.

Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial, signaled in a written decision that he’d sentence the former and future president to what’s known as a conditional discharge, in which a case gets dismissed if a defendant avoids rearrest.

The development marks yet another twist in the singular case.

Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records. They involved an alleged scheme to hide a hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in the last weeks of Trump’s first campaign in 2016. The payout was made to keep her from publicizing claims she’d had sex with the married Trump years earlier. He says that her story is false and that he did nothing wrong.

After Trump’s Nov. 5 election, Merchan halted proceedings and indefinitely postponed the sentencing so the defense and prosecution could weigh in on the future of the case.

Trump’s lawyers urged Merchan to toss it. They said it would otherwise pose unconstitutional “disruptions” to the incoming president’s ability to run the country.

Prosecutors acknowledged there should be some accommodation for his presidency, but they insisted the conviction should stand.

They suggested various options, such as freezing the case during his term or guaranteeing him a no-jail sentence. They also proposed closing the case while formally noting both his conviction and his undecided appeal — a novel idea drawn from what some state courts do when criminal defendants die while appealing their cases.

Trump takes office Jan. 20.

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The entire trial has become one big terrible joke

FOOLS!

Yinmu

Hands of democrats is all over this

Crazy Americans

future impossible tense

Story for the gods

COMRADES, the Democrats are still pained over the loss of the 2024 presidential election that's why, God is truly on Donald Trump's side, if not, the man could have been humiliated by the Democrats more than how Pharaoh was humiliated by God!

Laughable

Joke of the century

All na wash... Immunity go cover am

DOA

Joke

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Make una dey try read first before commenting na. It's not so difficult. No wonder nigerian Politicians really take una for a ride. Very gullible people.

All these leftists are sour loser.

which kin country be this

Jail him if you can.

You couldn't do anything when he was campaigning. The evidences were there while he was campaigning. Now that he has won, you are bringing the matter to spotlight.

The matter is more or less politically motivated or that the judge was to be on a spotlight once again before Trump assume office.

My take though

Loooooool

To be sentenced,does not equal he is going to jail,

The judgement might be he should pay a fine or even adjourned

Make bloggers dey calm down

No judge in his or her right senses would jail an incoming president,

That judge would enter history books for the wrong reason.

Almighty Donald Trump..... US no be naija truly

I laugh in Ibibio and Spanish

Joke of the year 2025!

Trump making history!

The first convicted felon to become President!

Who said racism and white privileged does not exist?

You can’t even work as a black man at McDonald’s being a convicted felon!

If a personality like Dr Dre did half of what Trump did, he would be roasting in cell pending trial.

America wan turn comedy central...!

I like the fact that they are still trying hard to prove to the world that the Judiciary is not compromised like those of the 3rd world nations.

We’re watching .
Give 4 years prison sentence…lol
You want to sentence a man who won in landslide elections.
I’m sure Biden and his boys won’t dare it.