A New York judge in a surprise move Friday said he would sentence Donald Trump for his hush-money conviction before the president-elect begins his second term in the White House, but made clear that a prison term wasn’t a possibility.

A New York judge on Friday upheld Donald Trump’s conviction in the hush money case, rejecting the president-elect’s effort to throw out the jury’s verdict because of his reelection in November and set his sentencing for January 10.

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.

New York Judge Juan Merchan declined to vacate President-elect Donald Trump's history-making guilty verdict in a ruling on Friday, Jan. 3, further ordering him to appear for sentencing on Jan. 10

Donald Trump was found guilty in May of falsifying business records to conceal a payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

In an extraordinary turn, a judge has set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House — but indicated

President-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction in his "hush money" case will stand but he likely won't face any legal penalties under a ruling issued by a New York judge on Friday.