i want to ask for your reaction about this new york judge, juan merchan, saying trump setting a sentencing hearing for january 10th before inauguration but maybe signaling no jail time. >> that is a power play by the new york, you know, justice system, a slap in the face of the president of the united states. i think we are going to have to have some serious conversations about what that means. most of these cases have gone away as they should. that lawfare was, you know, and underhanded way to try to prevent president trump from being able to be elected, and since he has been elected, they are trying to undermine his authority. i don't think that will stand. we are going to move forward and support the president's agenda over the next couple of weeks. >> edward: what happened today? you initially passed on the first vote and at the end you came back and voted for johnson. was that a tactic or a message for him? >> well, look, it was very important for a group of us to make clear, you know, we are going to expect the agenda that the president ran onto get delivered. mike johnson is a frien

. -- judge juan merchan. ., case before this. -- judge juan merchan— case before this. -- judge juan chan. how would that line to any person _ merchan. how would that line to any person facing _ merchan. how would that line to any person facing the _ merchan. how would that line to any person facing the same - any person facing the same conviction and sentencing? for a few reasons. _ conviction and sentencing? f3" a few reasons, donald trump has got a lot of breaks here. first of all he has the resources to challenge this case at every turn and so most criminal defendants do not have those resources. so he has been able to do things that most people do not have the ability to do and also he has been treated and also he has been treated and i'm sure he will argue this is all politically motivated and he was treated unfairly but if you can trust him with other criminal defendants, i think judge merchan was very, very careful to handle this appropriately, cautiously and in not do anything and say anything out of balance here. i anything out of balance here. i was get to get your perspect

hoy en nueva york, el juez juan merchÁn sentenciÓ a trump a libertad incondicional por los pagos a laistoria del paÍs. donald trump se convierte en el primer presidente electo que gobernarÁ la naciÓn siendo delincuente convicto. >> lawful sentence of a judgement of conviction without encouraging upon the highest offers in the land is an unconditional discharge. >> trump y su abogado se conectaron virtualmente desde mar a lago y en la sala del tribunal de manhattan, completamente lleno de periodistas y fiscales. el juez merchÁn le impuso liberaciÓn incondicional sin tiempo de cÁrcel, ni multas, ni castigos sustantivos. solo la etiqueta de convicto, pues, dijo, fue la Única opciÓn. a diez dÍas de que tome la casa blanca. pero para trump no es pena menor, dice este experto legal fuera del caso, el rÉcord, el antecedente penal es un castigo y es algo que te sigue el resto de tu vida. >> en teorÍa hay varios estados que no le permitirÍan votar a hay agencias de crÉdito que no le darÍan prÉstamos. >> al llegar su turno de hablar, el presidente electo, quien fue hallado culpable en mayo por

judge juan merchan is giving him that option.dge juan merchan is going to publicly release audio of this sentencing. so, i suspect what we're going to see later this morning is some stern words from judge juan merchan about how donald trump has tried to undermine the jury system. you'll remember that he was held in criminal contempt of court, ten times, for violating this narrowly tailored gag orders. so, that's why i suspect we're going to see when this all gets under way later this morning. >> there is another piece to this too. there is the legal drama that is continuously playing out in new york. and then there is what is happening here in d.c. a federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the doj can release jack smith's report regarding trump's alleged role in overturning the 2020 election results, january 6th, they will not be at this point releasing his report around the classified documents that were found at mar-a-lago. but what does that tell you that we're going to ultimately end up seeing what one piece of jack smith'

. >> and this morning, in a brief but remarkable hearing, judge juan merchan imposed a sentence of so-called unconditional discharge. >> that means no jail time, no fine, but a sentence that formalizes a place in history for donald trump that no american president has ever gone before, that no american president has ever wanted before a convicted felon. >> for six weeks, while donald trump's trial was underway, there were no cameras in the courtroom. >> there was no audio equipment allowed in the courtroom for any of the proceedings. >> all that changed today, and for the first time in this hugely consequential historic case, we, the american people, could hear with our own ears how the rule of law played out. >> and because of that, it is important today at least, to listen. >> this is what it sounds like when a once and future president of the united states of america is informed by the court clerk, just like any other criminal defendant would be, what his rights are. >> donald trump will be sentenced following the conviction by trial to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the firs

juan merchan. who is he?e supreme court justice and you want to state him and what is the sentencing about? we have to be real about it. we have to be real about it. the unconstitutional new york case and trump's payment to stormy daniels that will likely get tossed out on appeal and who's back former deputy assistant john yoo. john, great to see you. what do you make of all this? >> i think judge merchan's white wail tomorrow and he and district attorney alvin bragg in new york city have been up to all along because he's already said he's not going to sentence trump to jail, but he still pes to sentence trump with just 11 days before trump becomes president so there's no time for trump to effectively appeal this case. at the same time we all know that merchan is going to either have to throw the case out or hold a new jury trial at some point because the supreme court on july 1 said this trial was flawed. what merchan would do and it's political is dragged for his feet for six months and could have done any

it comes after judge juan merchan denied another request to dismiss that that case. c.b.otton the has been tracking the latest for us. she, of course, in new york. c.b.? >> reporter: hi, molly. this is an unferentzed scenario, right? juan merchan's latest ruling means president-elect donald trump will be required to appear at a hearing just ten days before his inauguration as the 47th president. trump does have the option to appear in person or virtually, and while the judge indicated that it's unlikely the president-elect will face jail time or other penalties, trump is still sounding off on his claim of political persecution, writing on truth social just this morning saying in markets quote, i never falsified business records. it is a fake, made-up charge by a corrupt judge who was just doing the work of the biden-harris injustice department, an attack on their political opponent, me. trump was facing up to four years in prison after a manhattan jury convicted him last may on 34 counts of falsifying business records many connection to a hush money payment made to adult

es una sentencia que el juez juan merchÁn reconociÓ es extraordinaria y no le habÍa ocurrido.e. un ciudadano comÚn. vamos a oÍr exactamente lo que dijo juan merchÁn. >> has determined that the only lawful sentence that permits entry of a judgement of conviction without encouraging upon the highest office in the land is an unconditional discharge. >> nuestra compaÑera karla amezola estaba dentro de la corte. dice que la actitud y la. el rostro que se le veÍa al juez merchÁn era un rostro de resignaciÓn, consciente de que no podÍa administrarle a donald trump la misma justicia que le habrÍa administrado a cualquier otro ciudadano comÚn. pero antes de la sentencia hablÓ el presidente electo, donald trump. reiterÓ que considera esto una cacerÍa de brujas, una persecuciÓn judicial en su contra y sus abogados tambiÉn. y el presidente electo, donald trump han dicho que piensan apelar esta decisiÓn porque no quieren que el nombre de donald trump quede con esa etiqueta Única en la historia de criminal convicto. despuÉs de la sentencia, donald trump fue bastante mÁs enÉrgico en su medio

>> kayleigh: ask juan merchan. >> harold: is not that other thing you were saying earlier.kay. [laughter] thank you for that. coming up, john fetterman is mar-a-lago-bound to meet with president-elect trump. could it spark a new trend among democrats? ♪ ♪ progressive makes it easy to see if you can save money with a commercial auto quote online so you can get back to your monster to-do list. super helpful. see if you can save money at progressivecommercial.com. thank you. what the biggest companies deliver is an exceptional customer experience. what makes it possible is unmatched connectivity and 5g solutions from t-mobile for business. t-mobile connects 100,000 delta airlines employees, powers tractor supply's stores nationwide with reliable 5g business internet, and partners with pga of america on game changing innovation. this is how business goes further with t-mobile for business. (vo) weight loss. for so long, i felt stuck. but zepbound means change. zepbound is for adults with obesity, to help lose weight and keep it off. activating 2 naturally occurring hormone rece

alvin bragg and juan merchan did more to help get donald trump reelected, popular vote and electoral than any republican strategist i can think of. >> dana: i think that's true. i don't know if you want to weigh in on that, john. it is stunning to me that they still pinned all of their hopes on this even when it was falling apart. >> john: yeah, what is interesting, too, is that as mary kathryn was pointing out, you had all of these charges and all of this lawfare that was allayed against trump and he won the popular vote, he won all seven swing states decisively and now you have the ceos of all these tech companies coming to bend the knee. it is like a "game of thrones" down there at mar-a-lago. they bend the knee and kiss the ring. democratic politicians who seem to have gone completely quiet on this idea of resisting trump. the resistance is crumbling. you have a prosecutor in manhattan and a friendly judge who are willing to try to say well doesn't matter what the american public decided. doesn't matter what the ceos of these companies or doesn't matter what politicians in washin

what we've heard signalled there from juan merchan, thejudge.ust explain to us what it means exactly. explain to us what it means exactl . ~ 3 explain to us what it means exactl . ~ �* , , exactly. well, it's very important. _ exactly. well, it's very important, the - exactly. well, it's very - important, the unconditional discharge means no substantive punishment in the case. no confinement, no prison, no home confinement. no pro bakes, no fine —— probation, no fine. the judge realised practically and logistically it would be impossible to impose any sort of sentence on the president. it's still important that he's sentenced next week and this is why. in most states, a judgement is not final. that means that donald trump is not a convicted felon until he's sentenced. so, it's a legal distinction but it's an important one. if trump is never sentenced, important one. if trump is neversentenced, he's important one. if trump is never sentenced, he's not a felon. this gives him an opportunity to appeal after next friday's sentence. just to be clear.

but in his opinion today, judge juan merchan saying, quote, it seems proper at this juncture to makenown the court's inclination to not impose any sentence of incarceration. so really, this sentencing next friday, it will be largely performative. another thing i thought was really interesting in here is that merchan really, really seems to concede the point that trump's lawyers have been making about the fact that he is president elect and how that should impact this case. he says, quote, to assuage the defendant's concerns regarding the mental and physical demands during the transition period. they're going to let him appear virtually. now, throughout the course of this case, judge juan merchan has not been terribly sympathetic to a lot of the arguments related to status as a former president or president elect that trump's lawyers have made. so the fact that he is conceding this point, that's really significant. and of course, trump's lawyers, they wanted the whole case thrown out. that was what they were trying to do here. they were not successful, but they can continue their appe

the one person they didn't attack is juan merchan, because they understand now that chief justice roberts is watching, judge merchan quoted chief justice roberts back to them in his opinion last week, saying, look, the chief and i are in agreement. the kind of rhetoric that you and your lawyers used throughout this trial, it is a danger to the rule of law being upheld in this country. it is a danger to our democracy. and as you increasingly appealed or pursued your legal rights, even when it was clear that you had no leg to stand on, your rhetoric got sharper and sharper in a way that i find objectionable. and therefore i'm going to put it in this long footnote in that opinion, indicating as much. and then you see, today, the da's office, josh steinglass, reminding judge merchan again of those dangers that came into chief justice roberts report. i thought that trump, particularly given the supreme court's ruling last night, five four with roberts with the majority, is a little bit chastened by that. >> yeah. and catherine, at the time that the president was speaking, he was still under th

. >> the breaking news this hour, donald trump's hush money conviction upheld by judge juan merchan. >> the president elect now ordered to appear for sentencing just ten days before he takes the oath of office for a second term. our chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid, is on the story for us. paula, take us through this ruling and what it means for the president elect. >> wolf, after this opinion, president-elect trump is still a convicted felon. but there is some good news here, as the judge is signaling that he does not intend to impose penalties against trump after being convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records last year. the judge did have the option to impose a jail sentence, but in a sort of unusual move, he's previewing what he will do next friday, saying that is not something he is going to do. he says, quote, it seems improper at this juncture. it seems proper at this juncture to make known the court's inclination to not impose any sentence of incarceration. so he's imposing a sentence of what he describes as unconditional discharge, because that, he s

judge juan merchan, who would not back down from the rule of law. and the 12 jurors who heard the evidence and found trump guilty of 34 counts of felonies. this whole amazing group of humans won the week. and that is tonight's reidout all in with chris hayes starts now. >> tonight on all in. >> never before has this court been presented with such a unique and remarkable set of circumstances. >> the criminal sentencing of donald j. >> trump, far from expressing any kind of remorse for his criminal conduct, the defendant has purposefully bred disdain for our judicial institutions and the rule of law. >> america's first felon president learns his fate. >> i'd just like to explain that i was treated very, very unfairly. and i thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. trump. >> tonight, former trump attorney michael cohen, a key witness who helped secure trump's conviction, will join me live. >> he was allowed to talk as though he were george washington, but he's not george washington. >> and as the fires just keep burning in los angeles, and the governor o

if they've ever even heard judge juan merchan speak. and i think what we are able to glean from the audio today is the sense of how he presided over the trial. i was in that courtroom every single day. and the way, the manner that the judge speaks to donald trump, he speaks, addresses him respectfully, despite what trump is saying, he has maintained decorum in the courtroom throughout the course of the trial. and that is a little something new that the public had never had a chance to experience before. and i think that's what we glean from this audio that we were able to obtain thanks to the courts today. >> kara scannell, thanks so much for that update from inside the courtroom. let's discuss these developments further with david schoen. he served as an attorney for trump during his second impeachment trial. we're also joined by judge diane kiesel, a retired new york supreme court judge. thank you both for being with us. david, what is the significance of a sentencing without a penalty? >> yeah, i think the significance was to confirm

>> this democrat manhattan judge juan merchan is partisan. he is corrupt. he is dangerous.ok our country to the brink. the american people heard all of these allegations and all of this so-called evidence with all this lawfare run by these biden democrats all over the country and the american people delivered our verdict on november 5th. >> laura: sol, you say this case should be reversed on appeal. specifically give us the thumbnail on that. >> well, let me begin by saying i consider this the most nakedly political misuse and abuse of the criminal justice system in american history. and all of our thoughts about that, all commentary should go through that lens. this case as we all know never would have been brought in new york on these facts against any other -- any other person and in light of that, these pias comments today by the prosecutor and the judge about the rule of law are a joke. in terms of possible grounds for overturning the conviction. where do you start? i think one of the areas you start is that very important in terms of constitutional law is the question

y luego de meses de espera, el juez, juan merchÁn dicta sentencia contra donald trump en el pago a lamÚsica]♪ buenos dÍas. el informe de jack smith tendrÁ solamente unos 10 dÍas antes de que el presidente electo, donald trump llegue a la casa blanca, por otra parte, sus abogados hicieron lo posible por demorar esta acciÓn el dÍa de hoy y no lo consiguieron, le dijeron que no, por tanto, sucederÁ esta maÑana y estamos esperando que suceda eso. por otra parte, el juez, juan merchÁn le ha dicho a donald trump que no dictarÁ una sentencia de cÁrcel, una multa o libertad condicional, esto crea expectativas sobre cuÁl serÁ el castigo a donald trump por el fallo que tuvo el jurado en el mes de mayo declarÁndolo culpable de pagarle a stormy daniels $130,000 para callar el escÁndalo extramarital que podrÍa haberle perjudicado en la campaÑa presidencial en 2016. ahora, hay que ver lo que los abogados siempre han tenido, esta estrategia, la de demorar los procesos porque creen que una vez que trump asuma oficina, todo esto serÁ borrÓn y cuenta nueva y no estamos hablando de una o dos cosas, esta

plus, the latest fireworks with trump's fight with judge juan merchan in what's be called a botched and biased case. new tonight, a new blow to the democrats and biden white house and mcdonalds now the latest company to drop dei. rutgers has more on the divisive hostility and ideology for tearing apart america. coming up, former nfl star jack brewer will take it on. and this story for you. liz: elon musk has europe and england in an uproar{/}\{^}ing their ideologies and we have the details and more to come tonight. we'll be right back after the break. please stay right there. >> i can say elon is doing a good job. very smart guy. i know he said negative things about a couple of people running for office, but that's not so unusual. ♪ alright, we got your home and auto bundled and you saved hundreds. oh, that's nice, with the economy and all. what's the economy? [chuckling] where do we start? what isn't the economy? yes. [ laughter ] uh, it's -- it's so many thing. right. look, all you really need to know is that progressive can save you money without sacrificing quality coverage. yo

carla: el juez juan merchan dejÓ para el jueves 10 de enero la sentencia de donald trump, esto en ell dÍa de hoy, los republicanos estÁn en control total de la cÁmara de representantes y el senado, esto por primera vez desde el 2019. mike johnson fue juramentado nuevamente como presidente de la cÁmara. el presidente electo lo felicitÓ, ya que esto puede facilitar la agenda del republicanos. stephanie: a pesar de las diferencias que quedaron exhibidas este primer dÍa del congreso, mike johnson ha sido reelecto como el presidente de la cÁmara baja, consiguiendo 118 votos republicanos. inicialmente en la primera votaciÓn hubo 3 ese opusieron a Él. sin embargo, antes de pasar a una segunda votaciÓn, 2 de ellos cambiaron su voto a su favor. hablamos de norman de carolina del sur, self, de texas. quien se mantuvo en contra fue thomas massey. >> este congreso escucharÁ las voces del pueblo, actuaremos rÁpidamente comenzaremos por defender las fronteras de nuestra naciÓn. es la prioridad nÚmero uno! [habla en ingles] >> trabajaremos con quien sea para proteger nuestras fronteras y para arreg

we both watched cb cotton's report, and she said that judge juan merchan wants to sentence president-elect trump to an unconditional discharge out of respect for presidential the presidential immunity doctrine that means no prison time, no jail time. anything like that -- but you know, to many looking at this it does seem vindictive can you explain to us what this means. >> it does seem vindictive this case is law fair at its worst and more so on the alvin bragg end it have but basically what he's doing is saying conviction will stand but they won't be any punishment at all. again that sort of begs a question why not just a dismiss the canes let us move on and if you look at the immunity decision and the immunity decision basically from the supreme court said donald trump had immunity the entire time. it wasn't that they just created immunity for them in that decision and whole porn was that -- so that donald trump or any president could do their job without the fear of state officials or other officials. interfering with it and we're in a unique phase transition phase know he's not the pr

so what are the options for juan merchan. >> juan merchan has said in lieu of incarceration, he wantsy no penalty at all but a way of keeping the jury's verdict preserved on the historical record and otherwise. one other reason he might want to have the sentencing hearing is so he can look at donald trump, and of course donald trump has the option of not physically being before him, and we understand he will exercise his right if this goes forward to be present virtually, but he'll want to address trump and subject him to the same thing any other convicted defendant goes for, have him stand before the court, humbled and explain to him what the impact of his crimes were and they are, in fact, much more serious than donald trump has contested in these papers. >> let me ask you quickly about donald trump's former attorney, rudy giuliani, contempt of court hearing related to the $146 million defamation judgment about the comments he made about the two georgia election workers. get us up to speed on this case. what's going on? >> rudy giuliani, as you just mentioned, owes these two georgia

judge juan merchan again denying trump's request to dismiss the case but promising today that he willot jail the incoming president. merchan signaling in a written decision he would sentence trump to what is known as conditional discharge in which a case gets dismissed if a defendant avoids rearrest. trump was convicted in may of 34 counts of falsifying business records. they involved an alleged scheme to hide payment to adult actress stormy daniels. president-elect trump will be able to appeal the ruling, he tells fox digital he, quote, did absolutely nothing wrong. calling it a political witch-hunt. >> power played by the new york, you know, justice system and i think is going slap in the face of the president of the united states that lawfare was a, you know, underhanded way to try prevent president trump from being able to be elected and then since he has been elected trying to undermine his authority. >> bret: joining us now former federal prosecutor and congressman from south carolina, trey gowdy. trey, good evening. here is an excerpt from merchan's decision. quote: finding no

judge juan merchan sentenced him to unconditional discharge.resident-elect is vowing to appeal the sentence even though he will serve no jail time nor pay a fine. correspondent bryan llenas is outside the courthouse in manhattan tonight. >> new york has a lot of problems but this is great embarrassment. >> appearing virtually from mar-a-lago, president-elect trump spoke during his sentencing today for his conviction on 34 felonies of falsifying business records. >> the fact is i'm totally innocent. i did nothing wrong. >> president-elect trump received unconditional discharge, which means no jail time, no fine, no probation. the sentencing formally makes trump the first president convicted of a felony. trump faced the possibility of up to four years in jail, but judge juan merchan opted for no punishment. noting trump will be protected by presidential immunity when is he inaugurated in 10 days. >> donald trump, the ordinary citizen, donald trump the criminal defendant would not be entitled to such considerable protections. >> manhattan district

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it's been a while, but you might remember a guy named juan merchan?s the manhattan judge overseeing donald trump's trial in new york featuring dozens of bizarre paperwork charges from a supposed crime with, you know, no victims. but after the supreme court ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution for officials actions, trump asked merchan to dismiss the case all together. naturally, the liberal manhattan judge said no. not only is he keeping the guilty verdict in tact, merchan also announced that he will be sentencing trump on january 10th, less than two weeks before the inauguration. though he did make it clear that trump is not facing any jail time. in an exclusive interview with fox news digital, trump called, quote, "the most conflicted judge in the history of juris prudence" and said the judge is clearly working on behalf of the democrats since their other witch hunts have failed. here with reaction are fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett and former harvard law professor alan dershowitz. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. greg

as critics buckle under trump, judge juan merchan denied his bid to dismiss the 2016 interference convictionund guilty on 34 felony counts stemming from hush money payments from him to an adult film star. it will be friday, january 10th at 9:30 am. merchan said he would likely spare trump any punishment for the crimes, no prison time, no fines, no prohibition. 10 days after that sentence is scheduled to deliver, well, donald trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the united states. sident of the joining us now are nbc news capitol hill correspondent, literally on capitol hill and political contributor and political white house correspondent eugene daniels. eugene, earlier this week, they said he is coming, i said, great. i get here and eugene is at home. i was like, i hope you come up for "the weekend" and hairy is. >> at the table. we are glad to have you at the table. julie, we love to have you at the table. >> julie, sorry, the table is not big enough to have you. maybe if we get a new table in the new year you can join us. >> new year, new table. that is how we work. it is good

but president trump today hammered judge juan merchan over his sentencing in the new york case.rump calling this case a sham and a travesty for the justice system. next up, attorney julian epstein here on why americans should really pay attention the what happened. why? senator chuck grassley said it, it could happen to you. please stick with us. don't go away. we'll be back in two. ♪ >> this has been a very terrible experience. i think it's been a tremendous setback for new york and the new york court system. >> this is a case that alvin bragg did not want to bring. ♪ ♪ can i have another pancake? from full house... ♪ ...to empty nest... ♪ ...to free birds. ♪ vanguard. we got this. fifty years of helping you invest for every chapter. progressive makes it easy to see if you can save money with a commercial auto quote online so you can get back to your monster to-do list. super helpful. see if you can save money at progressivecommercial.com. thank you. after careful review of medical guidance and research on pain relief, my recommendation is simple: every home should have salonpa

judge juan merchan sentenced trump to an unconditional discharge on those 34 felony counts of falsifyings records and that means no jail time. no fines. no conditions. however the conviction stands. and for the first time in trump's new york criminal case, we're getting audio from inside the courtroom. now remember last hour we listened to its entirety. let's watch. >> president-elect trump: it's been a tremendous setback for new york and the new york court system. this is a case that alvin bragg did not want to bring. he thought it was -- from what i read and from what i hear inappropriately handled before he got there. part of the records that we're talking about -- they're saying, i just noticed, where he said i was falsifying business records. well, the falsification of business records as they say was calling a legal expense in the books where everybody could see them a legal expense. in other words, legal fee or legal expense were put down by accountants. they weren't put down by me. and for this, i got indicted. it's been a political witch-hunt it. was done to damage my reputation

powering possibilities™. >>> today judge juan merchan denied donald trump's attempt to have his hushe dismissed, and he ordered the president-elect to appear for sentencing either in person or virtually on january 10th. that is ten days before donald trump's next inauguration. merchan also said he will not put trump in jail. trump's team called the decision a direct violation of the supreme court's ruling on presidential immunity and said this, quote, there should be no sentencing. let's turn first to molesa murray of nyu law school. she was a clerk for sonia sotomayor before the supreme court. donald trump might not be going to jail but this is not the outcome he wanted. does any of this surprise you? >> not really surprised by any of this, stephanie. it was always going to be an uphill battle for former future president trump to have this conviction entirely vacated, which is what he wanted to have happen. judge merchan was always pretty firm that he wasn't going to be yanked around on this. and i thought that the district attorney alvin bragg made very good points about the sancti

and scheduling the sentencing, judge juan merchan denied to dismiss the case but indicated he will notjail time. crumbs lawyers say there's no legal basis to rush ahead with sentencing except that the d.a. wants to get it done before trump's inauguration. nbc is covering the trump transition from west palm beach, florida and here with me is our legal correspondent lisa rubin. what more are we hearing from crumbs lawyers? >> their argument is because the supreme court's immunity decision over the summer says the president or former president is entitled to resolve their entitlement to immunity before a trial, by necessity, given the trial has already happened he must be entitled to a stay sentencing now. if the supreme court is willing to say you have to resolve whether someone is entitled to immunity before trial doesn't that necessarily mean that if the case is already progressed beyond trial and to appoint there could be sentenced it would also be unlawful to progress to sentencing before resulting immunity? the argument is a different one. he's arguing as a president- elect that tra

and this morning, in a brief but remarkable hearing, judge juan merchan imposed a sentence of so-called unconditional discharge. that means no jail time, no fine, but a sentence that formalizes a place in history for donald trump that no american president has ever gone before. the no american president has ever wanted before a convicted felon. for six weeks while donald trump's trial was underway, there were no cameras in the courtroom. there was no audio equipment allowed in the courtroom for any of the proceedings. all that changed today, and for the first time in this hugely consequential historic case, we, the american people, could hear with our own ears how the rule of law played out. and because of that, it is important today at least, to listen. this is what it sounds like when a once and future president of the united states of america is informed by the court clerk, just like any other criminal defendant would be, what his rights are cannot come before the court for sentence on conviction by trial to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree before being se

el juez juan merchan de new york ha evitado poner una pena de cÁrcel a multa, permitiendo el presidenteorge montes, gracias por estar con nosotros, abogado, para mÍ la gente que trabajamos en noticias, esto es sorpresivo. habÍamos escuchado lo que es libertad condicional, pues merchanle puso al libertad condicional. >> lo que significa es una victoria simbÓlica para el fiscal, no hay multas, no hay probatorios, no hay supervisiÓn, no hay cÁrcel, no hay nada mÁs que una convicciÓn, lo cual se va a haber en su rÉcord, y en historia va quedar muy mal, porque ser el primer presidente con una felonÍa en su rÉcord, y entra a la presidencia con esa mancha. borja: ¿hay algÚn precedente en este legal de los estados unidos en que una persona que ha sido hallada culpable de manera unÁnime por el jurado, que se le halla puesto una pena legal? >> este caso llevaba consigo la posibilidad de llevaron apenas 5 aÑos, como no tenÍa antecedentes criminales no iba a tener la posibilidad de encarcelamiento, pero por lo menos multas, aquÍ no hubo nada de eso, recuerdo, no he visto un caso si donde le dan una

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i've never seen a judge as pro-prosecution as juan merchan.no active prison time and sentenced no probation, so he could go forward and to go all of his cocktail parties and say i'm the one that made donald trump a felon. what he needs to add though, john, i helped him get reelected and become grover cleveland part two. this taking a misdemeanor and calling it a felony is part of why he won the most popular vote in the electoral college. >> dana: right now prosecutors are telling judge merchan they agree with the unconditional discharge. they are going over a probation report. what, i've watched -- only thing i know about probation is what i've seen on television. how do you have a commander-in-chief on probation? >> you won't in this case because of the unconditional discharge. i think that's part of the complications here that are as trey just said, you know, once we got to january 20th, there was not going to be any criminal proceedings. a lot of that is because of the practical impossibility of administering to a criminal defendant who is

>>>>in the brief proceeding, judge juan merchan gave trump an unconditional discharge. trump will have a criminal record but will not face prison time or probation. the president elect, who was with his attorney at his mar-a-lago home, listened via video link before the judge announced his decision. trump spoke to the court. >>>>but the fact is that i'm totally innocent. i did nothing wrong. >>>>trump had faced up to four years in prison for the conviction, but prosecutors agreed to the unconditional discharge after trump's presidential win. the sentence comes little more than a week before his inauguration. >>>>this is the proverbial slap on the wrist. it is symbolic. it is an acknowledgment that there was a conviction, and it is essentially no >>>>more. a manhattan jury convicted trump in may 2024 on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors said he had attempted to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels ahead of the 2016 election. trump and his attorneys have vowed to appeal a process that could play out while he i

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>> judge juan merchan upheld the president elect's conviction. >> but sentencing really won't amount to much. as cnn's paula reid explains. >> good morning, amara and danny. well, after this opinion, president-elect trump is still a convicted felon. but there is certainly some good news here for him, and that the judge is signaling that he does not intend to impose any penalties against trump. the judge had the option to impose even a jail sentence after trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records last year, but the judge said that he does not intend to do that. he says, quote, it seems proper at this juncture to make known the court's inclination to not impose any sentence of incarceration. so this really means that next friday's sentencing will be mostly performative. it's also notable that the judge is really conceding to the demands on trump's time right now. judge juan merchan throughout this case has been pretty dismissive of a lot of the arguments that the trump team has made when they invoke his status as a former president or now a president elect. but he

, todd blanche, connected remotely to the remote manhattan courtroom from florida, where judge juan merchan emphasized to trump how he arrived. >> at this moment. >> a unanimous jury of 12 ordinary new yorkers, the protections afforded the office of the president are not a mitigating factor. >> they do not reduce the seriousness, seriousness of the crime or justify its commission in any way. the protections are, however, a legal mandate which, pursuant to the rule of law, this court must respect and follow. however, despite the extraordinary breadth of those protections, one power they do not provide is the power to erase a jury verdict. >> one power they do not provide is the power to erase a jury verdict because of the protections of the presidency. >> however, merchan sentenced trump to unconditional discharge. it's a rare legal maneuver, imposing no criminal penalties. >> merchan noted that this was the only lawful sentence that he could impose. >> the assistant district attorney, joshua steinglass, denounced trump's unrelenting and unsubstantiated attacks on prosecutors, the judge, the

the seen was handed down by new york judge juan merchan. the sentence means the president-elect will remain a convicted felon but face no jail time for the 34 counts he was found guilty of by a jury in may. on truth social the president said he plans to appeal calling it a despicable charade that has no merit. "the real jury, the american people have ok by reelecting me with an overwhelming mandate one of the most nsuential elections in history. as the american peoe ve seen, this case had no cme, no damages, no people, no proof, only a highly conflicted judge, a disbarred serl perjurer and criminal election interference." today the labor department released the jobs number for december. the u.s. registered a december unemployment rate of 4.1%, a slight drop from the previous month, matching the october rate. continue job growth in health care, government and retail. ♪ >> american history tv saturdays on c-span 2. at 7 p.m. eastern, american history tv looks back at famous inaugural speeches, this weekend jimmy carter, ronald reagan and geor

so that is a significant shift from judge juan merchan, who has not been as receptive to similar arguments over the course of this case. now, here, the trump team is pushing to get the entire conviction, the entire case tossed out. they were not successful there. so they can continue to appeal the conviction, even though there will be no penalties. but it appears the trump team is not fully satisfied with this opinion today. in a statement, trump communications director steven cheung said there should be no sentencing and president trump will continue fighting against these hoaxes until they are all dead. paula reid, cnn, washington, d.c. >> u.s. house republicans gave mike johnson another term as house speaker on friday, the first day of the 119th congress. they selected him as leader on the first vote. unlike the weeks of wrangling over the speakership that took place a couple of years ago. but the day was not without its drama. johnson could lose only lose the support of one member to retain the gavel, and initially two lawmakers refused to back him. but intervention from the president

juan merchan the judge try to answer that and did in his ruling, but he is not the court of appeals,hich is new york state's highest court. so we will see what happens. but on its face, in the four corners, it looks fine. but that question of law has never been asked or answered. so it's one that will likely be decided, not processed more of the legal substance, if that makes sense. >> let's talk about rudy giuliani held in contempt now of court by a second judge. first time it was for not handing over his assets. this time, it's because he's continued to tell this lie about two georgia election workers claiming that they were in on stealing the 2020 election. of course, that is not true. and that was the heart of the defamation case. second contempt here. what happens next? >> yeah. so what he is doing, victor, is sort of taking something out of trump's playbook. and the judge had said, basically, you have chutzpah, meaning that takes real nerve to do what you did. and i'll respond by saying what she did, meaning the judge is saying, now, not only did you really run a foul and you'r

we just learned the judge e has set a sentencing date. >> the trump team had asked judge juan merchanthis case, but today, the judge said no, dismissing ththe trump team's motions instead. >> judge merchan scheduled a sentencing for january 10th, just ten days before trump's inauguration. we are talking about t the criminal case here involving stormy daniels and hush money. but judge merchan says trump doesn't have to show up in person, can attend virtually. >> seth: that's right. trump can attend the hush money sentencing hearing via zoom because he's busy getting ready to become president of the uni -- you know, sorry. one sec, i just got to drink little bit more of this. it's just water, just water. [ laughter ] that's not the only thing trump is mad about, of course. there's a bunch of other stuff, too. although it's pretty impossible to follow. see if you can make sense of any of this. >> we are inheriting a difficult situation from the outgoing administration and they're trying everything they can tomake it more difficult. we won the popular vote by millions and millions of peop

judge juan merchan throughout this case has been pretty dismissive of a lot of the arguments that the trump team has made when they invoke his status as a former president or now president elect. but here he says, quote, to assuage the defendant's concerns regarding the mental and physical demands during the transition period, the court will permit the defendant to exercise his right to appear virtually for this proceeding. so he's essentially saying, yeah, we know you have a lot going on. you're president elect, so you should not be burdened with traveling up to new york for this. you can appear virtually. the trump team is pushing to get this entire case tossed out. they were not successful in doing that, but they can continue to appeal the conviction itself even after the sentencing. but it appears the trump team is not fully satisfied with this opinion. steven cheung, trump's communications director, said in a statement there should be no sentencing and president trump will continue fighting against these hoaxes until they are all dead. the hoaxes, of course, being the four crimin

judge juan merchan ordering no prison time, no fine, no probationary period.entially, no punishment. but judge merchan did deliver a stern warning and message explaining the only thing stopping him from punishing trump are the legal protections from the presidency. >> ordinary citizens do not receive those legal protections. it is the office of the president that bestows those far reaching protections to the office holder. and it was the citizenry of this nation that recently decided that you should once again receive the benefits of those protections, which include, among other things, the supremacy clause and presidential immunity. >> the judge may have had the last word in the courtroom, but trump did get his chance to say his piece, too, and he leaned into his grievances. >> it's been a political witch hunt. it was done to damage my reputation so that i would lose the election. and obviously that didn't work with me. >> now, retired new york judge george grasso, who was in court today, and former trump attorney tim parlatore. glad to have both of you here.

and as judge juan merchan noted today, the u.s.ystem has already given trump extraordinary protections because of the election. >> it is the legal protections afforded to the office of the president of the united states that are extraordinary, not the occupant of the office. donald trump, the ordinary citizen. donald trump, a criminal defendant, would not be entitled to such considerable protections. >> trump also wants the court system to cover up jack smith's two volume report about his other criminal cases, related to the attempt to subvert the 2020 presidential election and his possession of classified documents. today, the justice department asked the 11th circuit court of appeals to overturn or overrule judge aileen cannon's three day hold on the release of jack smith's report if the 11th circuit overrules her. the special counsel's report about trump's election subversion case could be released immediately. joining us now is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. he's a member of the judiciary and the homeland s

and it was important to the manhattan da's office and also to judge juan merchan to have that sentencing two reasons. one, because trump has no appeal rights in the new york system until the verdict is finalized, but also to honor the verdict that those 12 people unanimously reached in convicting him. of those 34 counts, we want our rule of law to mean something. we want our democracy to mean something. jury service is one of the most integral functions that we have in our democracy. and if this verdict were vacated, i know it was the belief of the manhattan da's office. what signal does that send to people who are called for jury service in the manhattan criminal court system writ large? and that's a feeling shared, i think, by law enforcement authorities all across this country. you want people to take that jury summons seriously, because being judged by a jury of your peers is integral to the functioning of our criminal justice system. as much as donald trump wants to say this trial was a mockery, it actually was, i think, emblematic of the best of jury service and of the performance