President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in the Story Daniels hush money case, with Judge Juan Merchan ordering an “unconditional discharge” on 34 felony counts. The sentence means that Trump will face no jail time or other punishment,

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge and prosecutors aren’t opposing it. That would mean no jail time, no probation and no fines would be imposed, but nothing is final until Friday’s proceeding is done.

The president-elect appeared via video-link, complaining the court ordeal had been a "terrible experience", as he was sentenced over a scheme to hide hush money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels.

President-elect Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records to hide payments to Stormy Daniels made ahead of the 2016 election.

We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it’s a disgrace,” Trump said the evening before the sentencing.

Trump was convicted in May 2024 on 34 counts of falsifying business records trying to cover up hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels with whom Trump had an alleged affair.