Trump endures embarrassment of criminal sentencing just 10 days before taking office
The court’s 5-4 decision Thursday to deny the president-elect’s last-minute effort to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case set up a stunning moment in court on Friday morning, just 10 days before Trump will be sworn in for a second term.
Trump becomes first ex-president sentenced for criminal conviction: recap
Judge Juan Merchan imposed an "unconditional discharge” that means Trump receives no prison time or probation. Trump continues to appeal conviction.
Five Takeaways from Trump’s Criminal Sentencing
Friday’s punishment was largely symbolic, but it ensured that Donald J. Trump would become America’s first felon president.
Here's How People Are Reacting To Trump's Criminal Sentencing, Because...What
Just in case you weren't already feeling bad enough, President-elect Donald Trump was just sentenced. This comes after he was previously convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal with Stormy Daniels, which could have resulted in four years in prison.
Trump is sentenced in New York criminal case
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.
Highlights From Trump’s Sentencing in His N.Y. Criminal Case
The president-elect received an unconditional discharge of his sentence, which spares him jail time but formalizes his status as a felon. He will be the first to carry that distinction into the White House.
Supreme Court allows Trump’s New York criminal sentencing to go forward
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.,
After Trump’s Hush Money Sentencing, What’s Up With His Other Criminal Cases?
After Donald Trump won reelection to the US presidency, prosecutors dropped two of the four prosecutions he’d faced during much of his campaign to return to the White House. Those were both federal cases.
Donald Trump to become first U.S. president in office as a convicted felon
Donald Trump is headed to the White House as a convicted felon. A New York judge sentenced the president-elect for his business fraud conviction.
Trump becomes first US president with criminal conviction
Donald Trump was officially sentenced in the New York hush money case involving Stormy Daniels, putting him on track to become the first convicted felon to be sworn in as president.
Man sentenced for raping 4-year-old girl in Calumet Park home
A Blue Island man was sentenced for raping a 4-year-old girl in the far south suburbs, according to court documents.
Former Michigan high school employee sentenced for sexually assaulting student
Officials say Robert William Lindsay II had a relationship with the teen girl from January 2023 to October 2023.
At sentencing, Trump lied and got less than a slap on the wrist
Trump’s statements at the hearing were riddled with lies and irrelevancies. His only bit of remorse was saying that “this has ...
Trump asks Supreme Court to block his criminal hush money sentencing
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the Jan. 10 sentencing in his New York criminal hush ...
Donald Trump sentenced with no penalty in New York criminal trial, as judge wishes him 'Godspeed' in 2nd term
President-elect Trump was sentenced Friday after being found guilty on charges of falsifying business records stemming from ...