The US president-elect was convicted for falsifying business records relating to a payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.

President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing in New York Friday for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

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.

The charges related to payments Trump’s company made to a lawyer, Michael Cohen, to reimburse him for paying off porn actor Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 Republican presidential campaign.

Donald Trump will face no prison time or probation but did become the first former president sentenced for a criminal conviction.

The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York state law but will face no further penalties.

Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York criminal case on Friday closes out a series of prosecutions that he largely beat by retaking the U.S. presidency, though he is still fighting to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars for losses in civil lawsuits.

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

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felonies for authorizing a scheme in 2017 to falsify records in order to cover up reimbursements for a "hush money" payment.

Jan. 10, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. ET