Donald Trump will officially enter his second term as president as a convicted felon after he was formally sentenced on Friday in New York in his hush money trial. Trump will face no jail time, no probation and no monetary fine after he was given an “unconditional discharge,” which means his conviction holds but will not come attached with any penalties.
In a May trial presided over by Judge Juan Merchan, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The president-elect attended his sentencing virtually on Friday, maintaining that he was “totally innocent” and calling the prosecution a “setback” for New York’s legal system.