Judge Juan Merchan ordered President-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced before his inauguration this month.

Merchan found there is “no legal impediment” to imposing a sentence and ordered Trump to appear in court on January 10.

“This Court has painstakingly considered the respective arguments of the parties and finds that setting aside the jury verdict is not the best or only way to reconcile the competing interests,” Merchan wrote.

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