Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money sentencing in New York, a state judge has said he plans for a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge, but what exactly is it?

Justice Juan Merchan’s sentence of unconditional discharge for Trump carries no jail time, probation or fines. Trump had ...

Here's what is means when a court grants an unconditional discharge, as happened with President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case Jan. 10.

With just 10 days remaining before his inauguration, Trump will become the first U.S. president to take office with a criminal conviction on his record.

According to New York State law, an unconditional discharge means that Trump will have the felonies on his official record but will not face jail time, fines or probation for his actions. However, it ...

Donald Trump will become president as a convicted felon for 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide hush money. Here's what that means.

The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an ...

The president-elect's sentence allows the guilty verdict to stand — but it is highly unusual for this type of crime.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment at all in his hush money case, an outcome that cements his historic conviction while letting him return to the White House ...

Trump was present for his sentencing on January 10, 2025, eight months after he was convicted in his hush money trial.

President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing in New York Friday for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

A brief explainer on what an "unconditional discharge" is after Donald Trump was sentenced to one in his New York hush money ...