The audio from President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing hearing was released on Friday and showed a defiant Trump making the case that the November election vindicated his position.

Accordingly, when the trial court imposes a sentence of unconditional discharge, the defendant is released without imprisonment, probation supervision or conditions. A sentence of unconditional ...

President-elect Trump was spared any punishment for his hush money criminal conviction Friday when a New York judge sentenced him to an unconditional discharge, eschewing jail time while securing ...

Judge Juan Merchan spent seven minutes during Friday’s sentencing hearing bemoaning that President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory prevented him from ...

the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a hearing in years … from the judge himself. Acting Justice Juan Merchan admitted ...

Judge Juan Merchan included a "twist" in a footnote accompanying his decision on the sentencing date for President-elect Donald Trump, according to legal expert Joyce Vance. Merchan's footnote cited ...

The president-elect laid out his thoughts on Merchan and the requirement to show up for sentencing on January 10 in his criminal hush money case.

Merchan plans to sentence Trump on Friday. AP So the judge has been dragging things out so that he can sentence Trump on Friday, barely a week before the inauguration and with insufficient time to ...

Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing for Friday, just 10 days before the inauguration, caught a lot of people by surprise. Judge Merchan indicated upfront ...