From UPI:
President-elect Donald Trump‘s criminal conviction in his “hush money” case will stand but he likely won’t face any legal penalties under a ruling issued by a New York judge on Friday.
In an 18-page decision, Judge Juan Merchan wrote he was in favor of issuing an “unconditional discharge” of Trump’s pending sentencing for his convictions on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to cover up a sexual encounter with an adult film actress. Merchan scheduled Trump’s sentencing in the case for Jan. 10 and ruled he could appear virtually rather than in person.