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Sentencing finalizes Trump's conviction, ends embarrassing chapter in his return to the White House

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Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to influence the 2016 election.

The president-elect was sentenced to an unconditional discharge Friday .

The unusual sentence finalized the judgment against Trump , allowing him to appeal.

Trump suggested that his electoral victory in November amounted to a political acquittal.

Despite all that, Steinglass said that the Manhattan district attorney recommended against any punishment for the former president, adopting the same reasoning as Judge Merchan . "The American public has the right to a presidency unencumbered by pending court proceedings or ongoing sentence-related obligations," Steinglass said. Nineteen months after Trump was indicted, Merchan ended the sentencing with a kind remark to the defendant who would in ten days become the president of the United States . "Sir, I wish you Godspeed as you assume your second term in office. Thank you," Merchan said..

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English

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