Trump was convicted last May in a hush money case, which revolves around charge he falsified business records to cover up payments to a former adult performer before 2016 election.
Sentencing comes days before his inauguration. Trump will be a felon as he takes office, but will face no jail time, fines or probation in connection with his conviction.
Justice Juan Merchan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case that stemmed from a $130,000 payment that Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
Trump's surrender on criminal charges Tuesday was marked by clashes between his fans and foes, and a now-familiar cycle of name-calling and outrage from lawmakers and Trump himself.
Prosecutors in Manhattan accused Trump, first US president to face criminal charges, of trying to conceal a violation of election laws during his successful 2016 campaign.
The former US president is due to be arraigned at the courthouse Tuesday, after his indictment in a grand jury probe over hush money paid to a porn star.
Manhattan has started and stopped its investigation into Trump's hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels so many times that it has come to be known as a 'zombie case'.
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
Water off a duck’s back. He also laughed off two impeachments.