Donald Trump to be sentenced in hush money case days before inauguration as judge DENIES his demand to toss conviction
A SENTENCING date for Donald Trump's hush money conviction has been set 10 days before the president-elect's inauguration.
Judge Juan Merchan issued the bombshell ruling on Friday, ordering Trump to appear for sentencing on January 10.
In his ruling, Merchan said he found no "legal impediment to sentencing" Trump.
Judge Merchan wrote that Trump's motions arguing against sentencing are "unpersuasive as no compelling factor, consideration or circumstance submitted demonstrates that imposition of sentence would result in an injustice."
Merchan indicated that Trump will not face jail time and could appear virtually or in person at his sentencing on January 10.
The sentencing will come 10 days before Trump is slated to be sworn in as president at the White House on January 20.
The president-elect's legal team has been engaged in a months-long battle with Merchan to dismiss the case after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling and his presidential election victory in November.
Meanwhile, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has also filed several motions arguing against dismissing Trump's conviction outright.
A jury in Lower Manhattan convicted Trump in May of 34 felony county of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to hide hush money payments to adult star Stormy Daniels.
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