Trump sentenced to unconditional discharge in New York hush money case, avoiding jail

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced without penalties in his New York criminal hush money case by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan, receiving an “unconditional discharge” just days before his second White House term inauguration. Trump, the first criminal convict to occupy the Oval Office, attended the hearing remotely and declared the experience a “political witch hunt” aimed at damaging his reputation and affecting the election.

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