The sentencing would come just 10 days before his Jan. 20 inauguration, but the judge promised no jail time.
A judge scheduled the sentencing of incumbent Pres. Donald Trump in his hush money criminal conviction for Friday, Jan. 10.The sentencing would come just 10 days before his Jan. 20 inauguration, but Judge Juan M. Merchan promised no jail time in his written decision.Trump has been fighting for months to reverse his May 30 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
The case centered on how Trump accounted for reimbursing his personal attorney for the Daniels payment.The lawyer, Michael Cohen, fronted the money. He later recouped it through a series of payments that Trump’s company logged as legal expenses. Trump, by then in the White House, signed most of the checks himself.
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