Timeline: Key legal and electoral dates for Donald Trump

Judge Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump on Friday to a no-punishment unconditional discharge in the New York hush money case.

Speaking remotely from his Florida home, Trump told the judge that the case had been "a very terrible experience" and "I did nothing wrong."

The sentencing comes just days before Trump's presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.

In order to make sense of the often-overlapping election and court dates for Trump — the first former American president to be convicted of a crime and sentenced — we’ve put together a comprehensive timeline that is being updated regularly:

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