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Judge Juan Merchan has sentenced President-elect Donald Trump in a New York “hush money” case. The sentence is an unconditional discharge, which in essence is a sentence in name only.
TheHillreports:
President-electTrumpwassparedanypunishmentforhishushmoneycriminalconvictionFridaywhenaNewYorkjudgesentencedhimtoanunconditionaldischarge,eschewingjailtimewhilesecuringhisstatusasthefirstpersonconvictedofafelonytoassumethepresidency.
JudgeJuanMerchan’sdecisiontoreleaseTrumpwithnostringsattachedcapsthefirstandonlycriminaltrialofaformerpresident,lessthantwoweeksbeforehe’ssettoreturntotheWhiteHouse.
Ofcourse,themostimportantconsequenceofthesentencingtoleftistsisthattheycantagTrumpwiththe“convictedfelon”canardashetakesoffice.MyRedStatecolleagueSusieMooretellsusthatthesentencemeans“nojailtimeorotherpunishment,savethe‘convictedfelon’tag.”
TheHillreportsthat“Merchansignalednopunishmentwasthe‘mostviablesolution’givenTrump’simmunityfromcriminalpro
