A New York judge in a surprise move Friday said he would sentence Donald Trump for his hush-money conviction before the president-elect begins his second term in the White House, but made clear that a prison term wasn’t a possibility.

The judge in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case has made a dramatic decision that could nevertheless bring the case to a muted end.

New York Judge Juan Merchan declined to vacate President-elect Donald Trump's history-making guilty verdict in a ruling on Friday, Jan. 3, further ordering him to appear for sentencing on Jan. 10

A New York judge has set January 10 as the date for President-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced for hush money case involving Stormy Daniels.

In an extraordinary turn, a judge has set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed.

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York dealt with a host of weighty, unprecedented questions before deciding Friday that the president-elect should be sentenced later this mon