Donald Trump sentenced over hush-money case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump was a private citizen and presidential candidate when Ms Daniels was paid in 2016.
45% : Trump, a Republican, will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.
45% : Before the hearing, a handful of Trump supporters and critics gathered outside.
44% : Judge Merchan said that as when facing any other defendant, he must consider any aggravating factors before imposing a sentence, but the legal protection that Trump will have as president "is a factor that overrides all others".
42% : The judge did assure that Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.
32% : "With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Merchan had indicated he planned a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge, and prosecutors did not oppose it.
29% : It was done to damage my reputation so that I would lose the election, and obviously, that didn't work," Trump said.
28% : One group held a banner that read, "Trump is guilty".
28% : And after Trump won this past November's election, his lawyers argued that the case had to be scrapped to avoid impinging on his upcoming presidency and his transition to the Oval Office.
27% : Trump denies the alleged encounters occurred.
24% : Trump, a Republican, will have the dubious honour of being the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidencyUS President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced today in his porn star hush money case - but the judge declined to impose any punishment.
24% : Trump was convicted for falsifying business records relating to a payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had sex with the real estate mogul shortly after the birth of his son Barron.
24% : Meanwhile, the other criminal cases that once loomed over Trump have ended or stalled ahead of trial.
23% : The hush money case accused Trump of fudging his business's records to veil a 130,000-dollar (£105,000) payoff to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
20% : Rather than show remorse, Trump has "bred disdain" for the jury verdict and the criminal justice system, Steinglass said, and his calls for retaliation against those involved in the case, including calling for the judge to be disbarred, "has caused enduring damage to public perception of the criminal justice system and has put officers of the court in harm's way".
19% : Mr Bragg's office said in a court filing on Monday that Trump committed "serious offences that caused extensive harm to the sanctity of the electoral process and to the integrity of New York's financial marketplace.
18% : Trump, briefly addressing the court as he appeared virtually from his Florida home, said his criminal trial and conviction has "been a very terrible experience" and insisted he committed no crime.

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