Trump avoids jail or punishment at hush money sentencing days before inauguration

By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday but said Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration would not erase the jury verdict. Justice Juan Merchan's sentencing of Trump, 78, to unconditional discharge places a judgment of