Trump dismisses hush-money case sentencing as ‘political attack’

Donald Trump has hit out angrily after a judge ordered that he be sentenced on January 10th in his New York hush-money case.

Justice Juan Merchan signalled that he would not sentence the US president-elect to prison, probation or a fine, giving him an “unconditional discharge” instead. But posting on social media, Mr Trump dismissed the order as an “illegitimate political attack” which goes against the Constitution. He was convicted in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records over a payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels.

We spoke to William Brennan, a lawyer who defended Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial.