MBABANE: A United States(US) Judge has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his hush-money case in New York - less than two(2) weeks before he is set to be sworn in as President, the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) reported on Saturday.
“New York Justice Juan Merchan signalled he would not sentence Trump to jail time, probation or a fine, but instead give him an “unconditional discharge", and wrote in his order that the president-elect could appear in person or virtually for the hearing.Trump had attempted to use his presidential election victory to have the case against him dismissed.The president-elect has posted on social media dismissing the judge's order as an “illegitimate political attack" and calling the case "nothing but a rigged charade”, reads the BBC report in part.
United States(US) President-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced over hush money case but Judge signals no jail time(Reuters).