Donald Trump was sentenced an "unconditional discharge" by Judge Juan Merchan on Friday in his hush money case, and will enter office as a felon.

The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York state law but will face no further penalties.

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge and prosecutors aren't opposing it. That would mean no jail time, no probation and no fines would be imposed, but nothing is final until Friday's proceeding is done.

US President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction for hush money paid to a porn star but the judge declined to impose any punishment. Trump received the

Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels in May of this year, and has now been sentenced

Trump, a Republican, will have the dubious honour of being the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency

Donald Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records. He was sentenced Friday in a New York court.

"This has been a very terrible experience" and a "setback" for the New York court system, Trump told the judge overseeing his case minutes before his sentence was handed down. Trump was convicted May 30 on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene