Judge in Trump’s ‘hush cash’ case signals he will not enforce any penalty
President-elect Donald Trump most likely will not deal with any legal penalty in his New York "hush cash" case after a judgment provided by Judge Juan Merchan on Friday. Submit Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI|License Photo
Jan. 3 (UPI)-- President-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction in his "hush cash" case will stand however he likely will not deal with any legal charges under a judgment released by a New York judge on Friday.
In an 18-page choice, Judge Juan Merchan composed he favored releasing an "genuine discharge" of Trump's pending sentencing for his convictions on 34 felony counts of falsifying service records in a quote to cover a sexual encounter with an adult movie starlet.
Merchan arranged Trump's sentencing in the event for Jan. 10 and ruled he might appear essentially i...