Trump Gets ‘Unconditional Discharge’ at Sentencing in Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case – Variety

<br>                                By  <a class="c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-link" href="https://variety.com/author/gene-maddaus/"             >   Gene Maddaus</a>                            <br>Senior Media Writer<br>     President-elect <a  href="https://variety.com/t/donald-trump/"  id="auto-tag_donald-trump"  data-tag="donald-trump"  >Donald Trump</a> was sentenced Friday in the Story Daniels hush money case, with Judge Juan Merchan ordering an &#8220;unconditional discharge&#8221; on 34 felony counts.<br>     The sentence means that Trump will face no jail time or other punishment, but will retain a felony conviction on his record.<br>    Trump did not attend the sentencing in person in New York, preferring to appear via video feed from his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. He spoke briefly before the judge imposed the sentence, calling the proceedings unfair.<br>  Trump&#8217;s lawyers had urged the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to stop the sentencing, arguing that he should be immune as president-elect from any criminal proceedings. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Thursday to allow the sentencing to proceed.      <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0"      class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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