(FILES) Former US president Donald Trump addresses the media before leaving the courthouse for the day at the New York State Supreme Court in New York on October 18, 2023. 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 Alex Kent / AFP) (Photo by ALEX KENT/AFP via Getty Images)