A defiant Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment for covering up hush money paid to a porn star, cementing his status as a felon on the cusp of his return to the White House.Justice Juan Merchan,

President-elect Donald Trump started his day by joining his own criminal sentencing via videoconference on Friday. While attending virtually from Florida with his attorney, Todd Blanche, both legal parties received Judge Juan Merchan’s probation report to review before sentencing.

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday evening cleared the way for President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing to go forward on Friday morning. In a brief unsigned order issued just after 7 p.m.,