(New York) American President-elect Donald Trump, convicted in the spring by a New York criminal court of hidden payments to a porn star, will receive his sentence on January 10, which will not be prison terms, announced the judge who presided over this historic trial.
Mr. Trump must “appear for his sentence, following his conviction, on January 10, 2025,” ordered Judge Juan Merchan in an order on Friday, while specifying that he was not “inclined to impose a sentence of incarceration” on the man who will become the 47th on January 20e president of the United States.
Mr. Trump will be able to appear in person in court, in the south of the big New York island of Manhattan, or remotely by video, but he will have to make his “preference” known by Sunday, according to the magistrate.
The judge wrote in his 18-page order that it “seems appropriate to indicate that the court would not be inclined to impose a sentence of incarceration” even if such a “sentence is incurred in the conviction.”
On May 30, Donald Trump, 45e American president, was the first former tenant of the White House to be criminally convicted in the history of the country.
The jury of the Manhattan court, dependent on the local justice of the State of New York, had found him guilty of 34 counts of hidden payments to a porn star, Stormy Daniels, made just before the presidential election of 2016, which he won.
PHOTO MARKUS SCHREIBER, ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES
Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels
According to the courts, this woman, real name Stephanie Clifford, was hiding a brief sexual encounter in 2006 while Donald Trump was married to Melania.
The person concerned denies any sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels.
After months of appeals and the election won on November 5, the Trump camp failed to overturn this historic verdict on the basis of presidential immunity which was extended on November 1.er July by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Under enormous political pressure, Judge Merchan had postponed the sentencing several times since May 30, especially since the presidential victory.
