{"id":122127,"date":"2025-01-10T13:39:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-donald-trump-faces-sentencing-in-new-york-hush-money-case-bbc-com\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T13:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:39:41","slug":"live-updates-donald-trump-faces-sentencing-in-new-york-hush-money-case-bbc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-donald-trump-faces-sentencing-in-new-york-hush-money-case-bbc-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Donald Trump faces sentencing in New York hush-money case &#8211; BBC.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President-elect Donald Trump is due to be sentenced on Friday morning in a New York courtroom for falsifying business records <br \/>Last May he was convicted on 34 counts relating to hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels<br \/>Daniels was paid $130,000 (\u00a3105,000) to keep quiet about her claim that she had sex with Trump<br \/>Trump has denied they had sex, and has denied any wrongdoing<br \/>The judge in the case, Justice Juan Merchan, has indicated he will not send Trump to prison, and there will be no probation or fine<br \/>Trump is not expected to be at the sentencing in person and likely will attend via video<br \/>Trump is the first president-elect, or president, to be convicted of a felony<br \/>Edited by Brandon Livesay in New York<br \/>A file photo of Trump appearing in court during the trial in May 2024<br \/>Though Donald Trump theoretically could have faced prison time for his felony conviction, Justice Juan Merchan has already indicated he will not sentence the president-elect to time behind bars. <br \/>In a legal filing setting the 10 January sentencing date, Merchan said he would likely give Trump an<b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\"> &quot;unconditional discharge&quot; &#8211; meaning no jail time, monetary fine, or probation<\/b> &#8211; calling it &quot;the most viable solution\u201d in such an unprecedented situation. <br \/>Neither a former president nor a president-elect has ever been convicted of a felony. <br \/>As we&#x27;ve been reporting, last night the Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump&#x27;s petition to delay the sentencing of this case. <br \/>Trump responded to the decision on his social media platform Truth Social. He maintains he is innocent and claims the charges are &quot;fake&quot;.<br \/>Trump claims the New York case was &quot;nothing other than Weaponization of our Justice System against a Political Opponent&quot;.<br \/>Regarding the Supreme Court, he says: &quot;I appreciate the time and effort of the United States Supreme Court in trying to remedy the great injustice done to me&quot;.<br \/>Two of the Supreme Court&#x27;s conservative justices &#8211; John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett &#8211; joined the three liberal justices to deny Trump&#x27;s request for a delay.<br \/>The remaining four judges &#8211; Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh &#8211; would have allowed Trump&#x27;s bid to postpone sentencing.<br \/><span class=\"ssrcss-1srjmpl-ImageWrapper etflsgg1\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1105681-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><span><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/\/vivo\/live\/images\/2023\/12\/13\/10b3e912-6df2-4377-8cbb-e8b9f6ec5028.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Madeline Halpert<\/strong><br \/>Reporting from court<\/span><br \/>The sentencing hearing will likely be much less dramatic than Donald Trump\u2019s days in court during the trial, which was filled with star witnesses and enemies from his past. <br \/>During the proceedings, both sides get the opportunity to speak. That includes president-elect Trump, former Brooklyn prosecutor Julie Rendelman says.<br \/>Then, she says, the judge will speak and render his sentencing decision.<br \/>She expects Justice Juan Merchan to use the time to share his thoughts on Trump\u2019s conviction and behaviour during the trial. <br \/>For context, Trump was slapped with a gag-order during the trial, and was fined for breaching it. <br \/>\u201cI think he (Merchan) is going to speak, but he&#x27;s always pretty even-tempered. So, I think he&#x27;s going to just talk about what came before him,\u201d Rendelman says.<br \/><span class=\"ssrcss-1srjmpl-ImageWrapper etflsgg1\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1105681-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><span><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/\/vivo\/live\/images\/2022\/11\/1\/56476d45-9b9e-4f2c-a2ea-4fd6a6005c2c.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Kayla Epstein<\/strong><br \/>Reporting from court<\/span><br \/>Good morning, for the last time (for this case), from the Manhattan criminal court.<br \/>Today the Trump hush money trial reaches its conclusion as Justice Juan Merchan is set to issue a sentence. He has said he would not sentence Trump to any jail time.<br \/>Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts last May, but his lawyers won a series of delays. The attorneys tried to get the US Supreme Court to intervene and stay the sentencing, but they rejected Trump\u2019s petition last night.<br \/>Things are calm outside &#8211; far fewer reporters are lined up outside the courthouse than there were at the peak of the trial. <br \/>Perhaps it\u2019s because we currently anticipate Trump will appear virtually, as prosecutors have said in court filings.<br \/><span class=\"ssrcss-1srjmpl-ImageWrapper etflsgg1\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1105681-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><span><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/\/vivo\/live\/images\/2023\/10\/4\/d185eea6-5be8-40e2-abe0-32e2bd28958b.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Brandon Livesay<\/strong><br \/>Reporting from New York<\/span><br \/>Hello and welcome from a frosty New York City morning, where Donald Trump is set to be sentenced for falsifying business records.<br \/>It&#x27;s been a fierce legal battle to even get to today, with the president-elect&#x27;s lawyers fighting to get the case thrown out.<br \/>But Justice Juan Merchan will hand down his sentence as scheduled, ending the months of appeals and motions. <br \/>Trump was convicted last May on 34 counts of falsifying business records. They relate to a payment made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.<br \/>Daniels claims she had sex with Trump. He has denied they did.<br \/>We&#x27;re not expecting Trump to show up in person today. And the sentencing will not involve jail time or a fine. <br \/>So what&#x27;s today all about then? Stick with us, my colleagues Kayla Epstein and Madeline Halpert will be in court, as they were every day of the trial. And they&#x27;ll unpack all you need to know right here in our live coverage.<br \/>\u00a9 2025 BBC. 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