Trump Dismisses Upcoming Sentencing In Hush Money Case As ‘Illegitimate Political Attack’

The 78-year-old Trump potentially faced up to four years in prison but legal experts — even before he won the November presidential election — did not expect Merchan to send the former president to jail.

By Channels Television

Updated January 4, 2025

(FILES) US President, Donald Trump (Photo by ALLISON ROBBERT / POOL / AFP)

US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday denounced a judge’s decision to set a sentencing date in his hush money trial before his January 20 inauguration as an “illegitimate political attack.”

“This illegitimate political attack is nothing but a Rigged Charade,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social page, after Judge Juan Merchan earlier Friday upheld Trump’s conviction by a New York jury and set his sentencing for January 10.

AFP