for you is that, to the surprise of many, including, I'll be honest, myself, the Supreme Court has denied, denied Donald Trump's bid to stay his criminal sentence.

He is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow to no jail time, but as of tomorrow, he will officially be sentenced for the 34 count felony conviction in New York.

The Supreme Court asked and answered.

They have said no to Donald Trump's bid to stay his sentencing.

Judge Mershan Meekha has already told us that he is leaning, inclined to an

unconditional discharge, meaning a sentence of no sentence. That's unusual, highly unusual. And all

my years as a federal prosecutor, I've never seen anything like it. Almost always, there's a term

of incarceration, or at least supervised release, probation, community service, a fine, restitution.

Something attaches to the conviction.

And here Judge Mershan has said there will be no sentence.

But what that means too, and this is important, is that the underlying criminal case is over. The judgment is

final. Mr. Trump, of course, has the right to appeal to a higher court in New York State, but the

sentencing proceeding puts an end to the underlying case. It makes Mr. Trump a felon before he assumes office for the second time.

I am looking to see whether or not he has anything to say. Many defendants do. Some don't. I don't

imagine that he will be apologetic. But felon almost in name only, Chuck, are there any

tangible consequences? Because when and if we do hear from Donald Trump,

he's going to say this is political persecution. It's a witch hunt. He's not going to take

ownership of it. Right. So are there any practical consequences, Stephanie? For the layman like me?

No. So he wins. Well, he's still convicted. And perhaps you draw some sustenance from that.

I do.

A jury of his peers found him guilty by proof beyond a reasonable doubt and unanimously so.

That means something to me, but does he serve time?

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