The President elect of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in connection with his hush money conviction.

According to sources, United States Judge Justice Juan Merchan has issued an order for Donald Trump to be sentenced on January 10 for the hush money incident. .He will be sentenced a few weeks before he takes office as the 47th President of the United States of America.

According to reports, the President-elect was convicted in May 2023 of 34 felony charges of fabricating false business records in connection with a $130,000 (£105,000) payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels. The allegations stem from Trump’s attempts to conceal payments to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who paid off the adult film star in the final days of the 2016 election campaign to be silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.

The president-elect entered a not-guilty plea and denied any wrongdoing throughout the trial, claiming the investigation was an attempt to undermine his 2024 presidential campaign.

Trump said that the judge’s sentencing decision “goes against the U.S Constitution and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the “Presidency as we know it” in a post published on his Social platform.

Steven Cheung, Trump’s spokesperson, criticized the sentencing order against him as a “witch hunt” and argued it goes against the Constitution.

Trump also argued that the case was an attempt to hinder his 2024 presidential campaign.
Justice Merchan suggested measures to address Trump’s concerns, but the extreme remedy of overturning the jury’s verdict was not available.

Cheung urged for no sentencing and continued fighting against hoaxes ‘until they are all dead’.