Judge Juan Merchan on Friday sentenced Donald Trump to unconditional discharge in the hush money payments to a porn star despite the President-elect’s last-ditch efforts to avoid becoming the first felon in the White House,

President-elect Donald Trump is facing sentencing for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court refused to intervene.

President-elect Trump is expected to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty on charges of falsifying business records stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s years-long investigation.

Donald Trump officially became a convicted felon less than two weeks before his inauguration to a second term as president. The former president faced sentencing Friday on 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election,

ANALYSIS: Anyone not named Donald Trump would have likely gone to jail, but he can’t throw out a unanimous decision from a jury of his New York neighbors, Alex Woodward writes from Manhattan criminal

Trump, seated in a dark suit, appeared on a video feed from his Florida club, seated with one of his lawyers, as his sentencing hearing began Friday.