Judge sets date for Trump hush-money sentencing but rules out prison term
by David Smith and Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6TAM7)
President-elect will be sentenced for his 34 felony convictions on 10 January, Judge Juan Merchan rules
A judge on Friday set Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush-money case for 10 January - little over a week before he is due to return to the White House - but promised not to jail him.
Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Trump's trial in New York, denied the president-elect's motion to dismiss the case due to his election victory in November. He said Trump is expected to appear for sentencing either in-person or virtually.
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