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

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump spoke for about six minutes as he addressed the court by video.
56% : As the judge noted that voters had returned Trump to power, the soon-to-be-president relaxed back into his chair.
50% : "After it was over, Trump said in a post on his social media network that the hearing had been a "despicable charade" and that he planned to appeal his conviction.
46% : "And that's why in 10 days President Trump is going to assume the office of the president of the United States.
45% : Merchan said that like 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.""Despite the extraordinary breadth of those protections, one power they do not provide is the power to erase a jury verdict," Merchan said.
34% : Unlike his trial last year, when Trump brought allies to the courthouse and addressed waiting reporters outside, the former president did not appear in person Friday, instead making a brief virtual appearance from his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
31% : Instead, he chose a sentence that sidestepped thorny constitutional issues by effectively ending the case but assured that Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.
30% : It was done to damage my reputation so that I would lose the election, and, obviously, that didn't work," Trump said.
27% : Trump, wearing a dark suit and seated next to one of his lawyers with an American flag in the background, appeared on a video screen as he again insisted he did not commit a crime.
27% : 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."As he appeared from his Mar-a-Lago home, the former president was seated with his lawyer Todd Blanche, whom he's tapped to serve as the second-highest ranking Justice Department official in his incoming administration.
16% : Trump called the case "a weaponization of government" and "an embarrassment to New York.

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