The rare and lenient sentence, which will spare President-elect Donald J. Trump jail time, was used to address his unusual status.

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The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York state law but will face no further penalties.