Washington DC:

Donald Trump became the first criminal in the White House today when a US court upheld his conviction in the hush money case. She has been sentenced to an ‘unconditional discharge’ for covering up an unaccounted payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

This means that the president-elect has been found guilty of his charges, but will not face any jail time or fines because he has been elected president of the United States and will be sworn into the nation’s highest office on January 20. Ge – a position that carries with it immunity from being above the law both in and out of office.

And so, even though the 34 counts of falsifying Donald Trump’s business records on which he was convicted in May 2024 carried the potential for prison time, there was little the judge could do about it. As a result, the president-elect had to be saved. If he was not the president, Donald Trump would have been imprisoned for four years. Instead, he will now return to the White House for four more terms as president.

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Donald Trump did not even attend the court session in person, choosing to do so virtually, knowing that he would not be sent to jail.

Stormy Daniels testified candidly about her alleged meeting with Trump at a Nevada hotel.

“This Court has determined that the only statutory penalty that permits entry into a sentencing judgment without occupying the highest office in the land is unconditional release,” New York Judge Joan Murchin said in sentencing.

“Never before have such unique and remarkable circumstances been presented to this court,” the judge added. With the Constitution protecting the highest office in the United States, the judge had no choice but to grant the former president an “unconditional discharge.” Any other decision risks violating presidential immunity for the highest office in the land.

Even before the sentencing, to avoid the dubious distinction of being the first convicted felon ever in the White House, Donald Trump used all his power and resources to make a last-ditch effort to get him through.

Hours before the sentencing, Donald Trump remarked that he believed the entire legal process was “a blow to the New York judicial system.” “It was done to damage my reputation, just so that I lose the election,” he claimed, adding that it had been a “terrifying experience” for him.

During the proceedings, however, Donald Trump had to sit down and watch the witness testify against him – how he made illegal payments to porn star Stormi Daniels in an attempt to prevent disclosure of his case before the 2016 presidential election. was hidden. The election, which he eventually won.

Donald Trump had tried his best to stop the criminal proceedings against him, but he received a big blow when the US Supreme Court ruled that his sentence could be carried out.

Today’s sentencing comes just ten days before Donald Trump returns to the White House for a second term as US president.