Judge sentences Donald Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

President-elect Donald Trump appears on a video feed for his sentencing for for his hush money conviction in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in New York. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)

US President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment.

The outcome cements Mr Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.