Follow live updates and the latest news coverage as Trump attends his sentencing hearing with Judge Juan Merchan following jury conviction in his hush money case.

Judge Juan Merchan has admitted it is 'no longer a practicable recommendation' that Donald Trump should be imprisoned in the hush money case due to his imminent inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to stop the sentencing, citing the conservative majority’s explosive immunity opinion.

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case sentenced the president-elect to an "unconditional discharge.'' His conviction stands, but with no more penalties.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Jan. 10 to an unconditional discharge, in which a defendant isn’t fined, imprisoned or given probation. Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May 2024.

Here's what is means when a court grants an unconditional discharge, as happened with President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case Jan. 10.

President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment