(FILES) Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a fist as he walks to the courtroom after the start of deliberations in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 29, 2024. Donald Trump will be sentenced January 10 for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US President-elect's last-ditch efforts to frustrate a process that would make him the first felon in the White House. The judge has indicated, however, that Trump will not face prison -- even though the 34 counts of falsifying business records on which he was convicted in May 2024 carry potential prison time. It is instead anticipated that he will receive the mildest criminal sanction available, an unconditional discharge -- a relatively uncommon measure. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)