Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future US president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump 's hush money case made a dramatic decision that could nevertheless bring the case to a muted end.
Merchan scheduled the sentencing for 10 days before Trump's inauguration but the judge indicated that he's leaning toward a sentence that would amount to just closing the case without any real punishment.
Trump wants the conviction thrown out and the case dismissed, and communications director Steven Cheung said the president-elect will keep fighting.
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