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Donald Trump Gets No Jail Time Or Fine As Judge Sentences Him To “Unconditional Discharge” In New York Hush Money Case
President-elect Donald Trump will enter the White House this month as a felon, but will serve no jail time under a sentence handed down this morning in New York for his criminal conviction in a hush-money trial that angered him and his supporters but didn’t prevent him from reclaiming the presidency. With an unconditional discharge, […]
President-elect Donald Trump will enter the White House this month as a felon, but will serve no jail time under a sentence handed down this morning in New York for his criminal conviction in a hush-money trial that angered him and his supporters but didn’t prevent him from reclaiming the presidency. Trump logged on knowing that his sentence would be light under the terms of an “unconditional discharge” that the judge had already announced he would apply to a defendant preparing to re-occupy the country’s highest political office ten days from now. Despite their failure to win an acquittal or a sentencing delay, or get the verdict overturned, three lawyers representing Trump in the New York criminal case — Todd Blanche, Emil Bove and D. John Sauer — are poised to join his new administration in high-ranking Justice Department and White House roles.
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