New York judge uses lawfare case to sentence Trump to … ‘discharge’

Judge Juan Merchan

A judge in New York has used Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s lawfare case against President-elect Donald Trump to sentence the 45th, and soon-to-be 47th president, to a “discharge.”

The sentence is a penalty without jail time or probation, but a move to keep the conviction on Trump’s record, a conviction that a long list of constitutional experts expect eventually will be thrown out.

The judge claimed the unconditional discharge ruling was the only legal sentence he had available.