No jail time, so there’s that. Judge Merchan is certainly persisting in his law fare against President Trump. Yesterday afternoon he issued his ruling that Trump will be sentenced on January 10.

President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on 34 counts of falsifying business records ahead of his swearing-in Jan. 20, but is not expected to face jail time, a judge ruled Friday.

The decision to uphold Trump’s conviction and schedule the sentencing for Jan. 10 almost certainly means Trump will be the first felon to serve as a U.S. president.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan wrote in his ruling that he does not intend to sentence Trump to jail. He said he plans to order an “unconditional discharge,” a designation in New York criminal courts for a non-jail and non-probation sentence that carries no other obligations.

Merchan has had plenty of time to schedule a sentencing hearing. But he waits until now to schedule it exactly TEN DAYS before the inauguration. This was purposeful and I’d say a continuation of the law fare against Trump.