Despite reports that Judge Juan Merchan will not impose any jail time on Donald Trump at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Jan. 10, the president-elect will walk away still facing a loss of rights as a convicted felon.
Unless an appellate court steps in and tosses all 34 of Trump's felony convictions for business fraud, he will spend the rest of his life with what the New York Times' Peter Baker called a "brand on his forehead" as a convicted criminal.
Discussing the upcoming sentencing...