Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor in the Donald Trump hush money case, presented his closing arguements on Friday during the sentencing hearing. He told the court that the president-elect's attacks on the criminal justice system had an impact far beyond the Manhattan courtroom.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning to “unconditional discharge” marking an official end to the case that involved hush money payments to a porn star and formally

Trump’s sentence of an unconditional discharge confirms he will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.

President-elect Donald Trump will enter the White House this month as a felon, but will serve no jail time under a sentence handed down this morning in New York for his criminal conviction in a hush-money trial that angered him and his supporters but didn’t prevent him from reclaiming the presidency.

We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it’s a disgrace,” Trump said the evening before the sentencing.

The judgement cements the president-elect's felony conviction but allows him to return to the White House without the threat of a jail term or fine.

On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to enter the White House when he is sworn in as president on Jan. 20. It was a brief and relatively calm final encounter of Trump's relationship with Justice Juan Merchan over 21 months and featured accusations of political bias from the former and stern dressings-down from the latter.

New York State Judge Juan Merchan sentences U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as he appears remotely alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche for a sentencing hearing in the criminal cas

After months of delay, Donald Trump's criminal case is finally closed. For a breezily-paced half hour, the president-elect listened and watched via video from Mar-a-Lago as a Manhattan prosecutor decried his "dangerous rhetoric" and his defense lawyer promised to appeal the case.

President-elect Donald Trump maintained on Jan. 10 his contention that the election-year case which resulted in 34 felony charges was politically motivated and without merit.

The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money case sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge.’’ His conviction stands, but with no more penalties.