President-elect Trump was sentenced Friday after being found guilty on charges of falsifying business records stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s years-long investigation.

The criminal case brought against Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg began trial proceedings last April. After juggling courtroom visits in multiple legal cases with campaign rallies, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts against him by a New York jury on May 30, 2024.

Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump on Friday to no jail time, probation, or fines after he was convicted by a jury of falsifying business records.

The judge has said he doesn’t intend to order a prison term for the president-elect.

Out of options, Donald Trump faced the one thing he desperately tries to avoid: accountability for wrongdoing.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced Friday after being convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush money to a porn star.

Dave Aronberg, Chuck Rosenberg and Charles Coleman join Morning Joe to discuss the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump in the New York hush money case. Yasmin Vossoughian reports from outside of the courthouse.

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.

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday over his felony conviction in a hush money case. The justices "should order an immediate stay of criminal proceedings against President Trump in the New York trial court,