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Huffington Post // Politics

Judge Sentences Donald Trump In Hush Money Case But Declines To Impose Any Punishment

Friday 10th January 2025, 5:21PM


Judge Sentences Donald Trump In Hush Money CasePresident-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment.The outcome of an unconditional discharge cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term, a fine or community service.Trump was convicted last May of 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes.The jury found that he falsified records kept by his company to hide the purpose of reimbursements to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen, who had made a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 campaign to silence her claim of an extramarital sexual encounter. Trump denies they had sex.However, unless the conviction for falsifying business records is someday overturned, Trump will have felonies on his criminal record, which will affect some of his rights.Trump is registered to vote in Florida and he’ll be able to vote there. Florida does bars people convicted of felonies from voting, but restores their right to vote after they’ve completed their sentence.And,

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