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Was Donald Trump's historic sentence too harsh or too lenient? It depends who you ask

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"It's both incredibly tawdry but it’s also a felony criminal conviction," professor says.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced to an "unconditional discharge" on Friday .

Trump was convicted May 30 in Manhattan Criminal Court on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels .

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