Judge rules president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced in 'hush money' trial
ABCA judge has ruled president-elect Donald Trump must be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving "hush money" paid to an adult film actress, adding that he is not inclined to impose a jail sentence. Donald Trump found guilty in criminal 'hush money' trial Photo shows Donald Trump in court The jury in Donald Trump's "hush money" trial finds the former president guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records, a felony that could result in prison time. Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, which brought the case, said there were measures short of the "extreme remedy" of overturning the jury's verdict that could assuage Trump's concerns about being distracted by a criminal case while serving as president. In denying Trump's motion to dismiss, the judge said the prosecution over "decidedly personal acts of falsifying business records poses no danger of intrusion on the authority and function of the executive branch".