Trump Fails to Toss NY Conviction, Faces Sentencing Jan. 10 (4)

Donald Trump has been ordered to appear for sentencing in his hush money criminal case on Jan. 10, though the New York state judge signaled that the president-elect wouldn’t face time behind bars.

Justice Juan Merchan in Manhattan set the date in a ruling Friday denying Trump’s request to throw out the conviction on presidential immunity grounds. No such immunity exists for a president-elect, the judge said.

“Binding precedent does not provide that an individual, upon becoming President, can retroactively dismiss or vacate prior criminal acts nor does it grant blanket Presidential-elect immunity,” Merchan said in his written opinion. ...