President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in Manhattan on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Judge Juan Merchan ended the hearing with a note of good luck to the future president.

Donald Trump was sentenced without penalty in the New York hush money case Friday after a symbolic – and historic and unprecedented – hearing following the first felony conviction of a former and soon-to-be sitting president.

On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to enter the White House when he is sworn in as president on Jan. 20. It was a brief and relatively calm final encounter of Trump's relationship with Justice Juan Merchan over 21 months and featured accusations of political bias from the former and stern dressings-down from the latter.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in relation to his Manhattan hush money case, cementing his legacy as America’s first convicted felon to assume the presidency.

The president-elect's sentencing after being convicted of 34 felony counts in hush-money case draws a wide range of reactions from supporters, critics

The high court’s action clears the way for the president-elect to be sentenced for his criminal conviction in Manhattan on Friday.