Hush money trial Sentencing against Trump scheduled for January 10
Ten days before being sworn in as US President: Judge Juan Merchan will announce the sentence in the hush-money trial against Donald Trump on January 10.
03.01.2025, 22:21
03.01.2025, 22:34
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- Donald Trump will receive his sentence in the hush money trial on January 10.
- Trump was found guilty in May of falsifying business documents in connection with a payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
- Judge Juan Merchan wants to sentence Trump to a so-called conditional discharge
The sentence in the hush money trial against US President-elect Donald Trump is to be announced in a week's time. Judge Juan Merchan set the date on Friday for January 10, ten days before Trump's re-inauguration. In a written statement, however, Merchan also indicated that he would not send Trump to prison, but would sentence him to a so-called conditional release, in which proceedings are dropped if the defendant avoids re-arrest.
Trump was found guilty in May of falsifying business documents in connection with a payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels. The money was intended to silence Daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign after she had said that she had had a sexual relationship with the married Trump. Trump denies Daniels' statements and any wrongdoing.