Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York criminal case on Friday closes out a series of prosecutions that he largely beat by retaking the U.S. presidency, though he is still fighting to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars for losses in civil lawsuits.

Trump himself has pledged several first-day plans, including hitting Mexico, Canada and China with import tariffs and pardoning Jan. 6 rioters.

After Trump vowed to put 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico when he returns to the White House in less than two weeks, Sheinbaum said Mexico will retaliate in kind.

“The federal courts must do their part to preserve the public’s confidence in our institutions.” — Chief Justice John Roberts, Dec. 31, 2024.

This’ll be among the least suspenseful of all sentencings. Judge Juan Merchan has announced in advance — quite pragmatically, actually — that he intends to sentence Trump to an unconditional discharge. To translate that bit of legal jargon: nothing.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman accepted President-elect Trump's invitation to visit him at his Mar-a-Lago club, the senator said in a statement provided to ABC News.

Trump will face no jail time or other punishment, but that the conviction will remain on his record.

ABC News has been plagued by a series of embarrassing headlines from David Muir's clothespin debacle to legal drama surrounding Sunny Hostin's husband.