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Judge upholds Trump's conviction, sets sentencing for Jan. 10 — but signals no jail time

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President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing is set for Jan. 10 , a little over a week before he's due to return to the White House .

The judge signaled in a written decision that he'd sentence the former and future president to what's known as an unconditional discharge.

The development leaves Trump on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes.

Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

The hush money case was the only one of Trump ’s four criminal indictments to go to trial.

Before the election, his lawyers sought to reverse his conviction for a different reason: a U.S. Supreme Court decision in July that gave presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution.

Trump 's sentencing initially was set for July 11 , then postponed twice at the defense's request.

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