Friday’s punishment was largely symbolic, but it ensured that Donald J. Trump would become America’s first felon president.

Donald Trump was sentenced without penalty in the New York hush money case Friday after a symbolic – and historic and unprecedented – hearing following the first felony conviction of a former and soon-to-be sitting president.

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump spoke for six minutes. The judge talked for seven. In the end, the first criminal court sentencing of a former or future president took little more than half an hour.

Donald J. Trump’s sentencing will allow him to begin mounting a formal appeal, which could take months or years.

President-elect Trump swiftly tried to raise funds on the heels of his New York hush money sentencing Friday morning, asking supporters if they still “stand with him” in light of the cementing of his felony conviction. “They’re trying to sabotage the Presidential Transition process. They’re trying to END the presidency as we know it —…

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced on Jan. 10 to an unconditional discharge in his hush money case in New York, making him the first president to be sentenced on criminal charges.

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Supporters and protesters share thoughts on Donald Trump's sentencing outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York City on Jan. 10, 2025.