Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment
US President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday morning (2am Saturday morning AEDT) in a New York courtroom for his hush money conviction but the judge declined to impose any punishment.
The outcome cements Trump's conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.
Trump's sentence of an unconditional discharge caps a norm-smashing case that saw the former and future president charged with 34 felonies, put on trial for almost two months and convicted on every count.
US President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday morning (2.30am Saturday morning AEDT) in a New York courtroom for his hush money conviction but the judge declined to impose any punishment. (Brendan McDermid ...