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.

Judge sets Trump's sentencing for Jan. 10, 2024, indicating he won't face jail time despite felony conviction.

On Jan. 2, 2024, a viral post from X account The Halfway Post claimed the country of Panama was banning the entire Trump family from entering its borders for 100 years. The post in question was reshared thousands of times.

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

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

Russell Taylor was invited to attend the inauguration by a former congressman after being accused of organizing a group of “fighters” to travel to D.C. for Jan. 6, 2021.

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.

President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in his "hush money" case in Manhattan criminal court next week, just 10 days before he takes office for his second term as president. Alice Gainer and Fordham Law School professor Cheryl Bader report for CBS News New York.

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.