Before the hearing, a handful of Trump supporters and critics gathered outside ... was defense lawyer Todd Blanche, with partner Emil Bove in the New York courtroom. Trump has tapped both for ...

NEW YORK -- President-elect Donald Trump ... in the courtroom The president-elect appeared virtually for the hearing from his Mar-a-Lago home, side by side with defense attorney Todd Blanche.

The judgement cements the president-elect's felony conviction but allows him to return to the White House without the threat of a jail term or fine.

In roughly six minutes of remarks to the court, a calm but insistent Trump ... Beside him at his Mar-a-Lago property was defense lawyer Todd Blanche, whom Trump has tapped to serve as the second ...

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge.

Donald Trump has been given an unconditional discharge over hush money payments sent to porn star Stormy Daniels, avoiding jail before his inauguration later this month.

The president-elect appeared virtually for the hearing from his Mar-a-Lago home, side by side with defense attorney Todd Blanche ... Trump supporters and anti-Trump demonstrators gathered outside ...

Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche ... show of independence from a court that has appeared sympathetic to Mr. Trump in other cases. Protesters outside the courthouse Friday complained that ...

"This has been a very terrible experience," Trump, who virtually attended the criminal trial sentencing hearing, told the New York City courtroom ... s attorney Todd Blanche said in response ...

"This has been a very terrible experience" and a "setback" for the New York court system, Trump told the judge ... "It's incredible," Trump said. Trump defense lawyer Todd Blanche briefly addressed ...