Judge Juan M. Merchan has scheduled Trump's sentencing for 10 days before his inauguration, making him the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes. While jail time was a possibility, the judge stated it would not be imposed.
But will Trump face any jail time , or any punishment at all, as a result of the sentencing? Here's what we know so far. The Trump team wanted the judge to dismiss the criminal case involving Stormy Daniels and hush money, seeking to have the verdict tossed on presidential immunity grounds and because of his impending return to the White House. But Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over the trial, instead dismissed the motions, saying he found'no legal impediment to sentencing' Trump .
The judge wrote that it was'incumbent' on the court to do so before Inauguration Day.The judge scheduled the sentencing to occur just 10 days before the inauguration — leaving Trump on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes. Merchan said in his decision that Trump does not have to show up in person. He can attend the sentencing virtually, if he chooses.Judge Merchan wrote he will not order the president-elect to be incarcerated. He said it seemed proper to make that fact known in advance that jail time will not be on the table. Jail was a sentence he could have imposed in this case, with Trump convicted of 34 felonies, but he said that even the prosecutors conceded that jail no longer seems practical for a president-elect. Prosecutors acknowledged there should be some accommodation for his upcoming presidency, but they insisted the conviction should stand., such as freezing the case during his term or guaranteeing him a no-jail sentence. They also proposed closing the case while formally noting both his conviction and his undecided appeal — a novel idea drawn from what some state courts do when criminal defendants die while appealing their case
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