Donald Trump spared jail at hush money sentencing, days before inauguration

United States President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, but the sentencing will place a judgment of guilt on his record.

Justice Juan Merchan’s sentencing of Trump, 78, to unconditional discharge closes a case that had loomed over his bid to retake the White House just days before his January 20 inauguration.

By granting an unconditional discharge, Merchan would...