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President-elect Donald Trump received the sentence in his hush money trial. I'm Elizabeth Mitchell.

This is the Daily Signal's top news in 10th for Friday, January 10th.

Just 10th before his second inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump's designation as a convicted felon became official in a New York court.

New York Justice Juan Mershon sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge, meaning no jail time, fine, or other penalty.

Such a sentence means it will not likely interfere with Trump's duties as president.

Nonetheless, Trump has denied the allegations and

indicated he will appeal, a process that could be lengthy. Trump posted on truth social after the

sentencing, the radical Democrats have lost another pathetic, un-American witch hunt. Though Trump has been

assailed by Democrats and the media as a convicted felon after the jury verdict last spring,

a criminal defendant isn't a formally convicted felon until a judge enters judgment of guilt at the sentencing.

This book ends a remarkable week for Trump of formalizing long-expected yet historically

significant events. On Monday, a joint session of Congress formally certified Trump's 2024 election

victory.

On Friday, the judge finalized a jury's guilty verdict.

The unconditional discharge sentencing effectively amounts to a recognition of the Manhattan

jury's guilty verdict from last spring in Trump's hush money case regarding his alleged

affair with porn star Stormy Daniels. The New York jury convicted Trump on

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