Will Donald Trump be jailed for hush money conviction?
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump will be sentenced in his historic New York hush money case today, becoming the first US president – former or sitting – to face a criminal trial, let alone a guilty verdict and subsequent sentencing. Mr Trump is set to be sentenced at 9:30am local time after Manhattan-based Judge Juan Merchan denied his attempt to throw out the guilty verdict and the Supreme Court voted 5-4 against pausing the sentencing. open image in gallery Donald Trump speaking at a press conference following his guilty verdict in the criminal hush money trial in May 2024 Ms Daniels was claiming she had had a sexual encounter with Mr Trump. State prosecutors contended at trial that Mr Trump marked these repayments to Cohen as “legal expenses” on financial documents, intendeding to hide Trump’s violation of New York election law, which forbids promoting any person to office through unlawful means.