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.

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.

The judge in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case has made a dramatic decision that could nevertheless bring the case to a muted end.

Panelists Gloria Romero, May Mailman and Siaka Massaquoi discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s influence on the House speakership results on ‘Fox News @ Night.’

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

A new poll finds that Republican voters are more confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections now that Donald Trump has won.

Justice Juan Merchan will sentence Trump for his crimes on Jan. 10, a court proceeding that will be unlike any in America's 248 years.

The judge, Juan Merchan, indicated that he favored a so-called unconditional discharge of Trump’s sentence, a rare and lenient alternative to jail or probation. He set a sentencing date of Jan. 10, rebuffing Trump’s request to overturn the jury’s verdict.

Trump took to social media to rail against the flags being at half-staff on his big day, writing that "nobody wants to see this."

Lago, as part of a high-profile gathering at President-elect Donald Trump's Florida resort.

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.