The president-elect's sentence allows the guilty verdict to stand — but it is highly unusual for this type of crime.

A sentence of unconditional discharge is for all purposes a final judgment of conviction." To recap ... Trump was convicted ...

President-elect Donald Trump received a historic sentence on Friday, Jan. 10, from New York Judge Juan Merchan, dodging jail ...

The "unconditional discharge" sentence comes 10 days before Donald Trump is due to be sworn in for a second nonconsecutive ...

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced to "unconditional discharge" in connection to his hush money conviction. At the ...

Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction ended without penalty in a Manhattan courtroom Friday, as the president-elect was ...

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced to an unconditional discharge in the New York hush money case, avoiding jail time, ...

The case centered on allegations that Trump falsified internal business records at his private company to cover up a payment to the ... the president-elect to an unconditional discharge, after ...

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his historic hush money case to an unconditional discharge -- allowing Trump to avoid prison, fines or probation, but cementing his status as a ...

The proceeding—which capped a monumental case that produced a series of historical "firsts"—concluded in less than an hour.