A judge, on Friday, sentenced Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US president-elect’s last-ditch efforts to avoid becoming the first felon in the White House.
“This court has determined that the only lawful sentence that permits entry of a judgment of conviction without encroaching on the highest office of the land, is an unconditional discharge,” said New York judge Juan Merchan delivering the sentence during a court session that Trump attended virtually.
Earlier on Friday, Trump had described his criminal prosecution as a “disgrace to the system” ahead of his sentencing for covering up hush money payments to a porn star.
“It was done to damage my reputation so I would lose the election and obviously that didn’t work,” he said.