President-elect Trump was convicted in May of last year on 34 out of 34 felony fraud counts in a New York state court. Yesterday, the US Supreme Court rejected an emergency request by Trump's legal team to further delay his sentencing, ruling 5 to 4 that he could be sentenced today by the judge that oversaw his trial, Judge Juan Merchan.

This morning, in a decision that was assented to by the prosecution in this case and whose outcome was signaled days in advance by Judge Merchan, Trump received an "unconditional discharge", which allows the convictions to stand but assigns no additional penalties. You can read the New York state law related to unconditional discharges here, and this pre-sentencing analysis of unconditional discharge in the context of this case.

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