Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump's motion to dismiss the case against him, and said he could appear in person or remotely for the sentencing.

He will be sentenced on Jan. 10, shortly before his inauguration, but is unlikely to face jail time or other penalties.

Judge Juan M. Merchan signaled in a written decision that he’d sentence the former and future president to what’s known as a conditional discharge, in which a case gets dismissed if a defendant

The New York judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail time.

A judge has ordered that President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his hush-money case in New York - less than two weeks before he is set to be sworn in as president. Judge Juan Merchan said he would not sentence Trump to any jail time and the president-elect could appear in person or virtually for the hearing.

Donald Trump on Friday lost a bid to use his presidential election victory to dismiss the case in which he was convicted on criminal charges involving hush money paid to a porn star. In denying Trump's motion to dismiss,

A New York judge rejected Donald Trump’s request to throw out the guilty verdict in the so-called hush money case as a result of his victory in the November election.

A federal judge has set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in the hush money case for Jan. 10, just 10 days before the presidential inauguration.