Asked about the cases continuing on during the presidency, Mr. Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, said in a statement that the public had given Mr. Trump a “mandate” that “demands an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all of the witch hunts across the board.”

In setting the sentencing date and dismissing Mr. Trump’s request to toss the verdict, Justice Merchan was unmoved by Mr. Trump’s arguments, including a claim of presidential immunity.

“Defendant argues that a dismissal will ‘improve public confidence’ in the criminal justice system because anything short of a full dismissal will interfere with the presidency,” Justice Merchan wrote. “This court’s perspective is different.”

The justice wrote that setting aside the jury verdict “would not serve the concerns set forth by the Supreme Court in its handful of cases addressing presidential immunity nor would it serve the rule of law.” Instead, he wrote, it would “undermine the rule of law in immeasurable ways.”

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Mr. Trump was indicted four times in the span of a few months in 2023, twice on federal charges, once in Fulton County, Ga., and once in New York.

The two federal cases have been withdrawn since Mr. Trump won the election, and the Georgia case has been stalled for months. In December, the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, was removed from the election interference case against Mr. Trump and other defendants, citing her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she chose for the case.

Although the Justice Department’s longstanding policy against prosecuting a sitting president does not apply to state charges, most legal experts say it would be difficult to pursue the case against Mr. Trump in Georgia while he is in office.

But Mr. Trump will most likely continue to face civil proceedings. He recently lost a bid for a new federal trial in a case brought by a New York writer, E. Jean Carroll. That case centered on Ms. Carroll’s claim that Mr. Trump had sexually assaulted her decades ago in a department store dressing room.

The New York attorney general, Letitia James, said that she would not seek to dismiss a separate $486 million civil fraud judgment against him, noting her intention in a letter last month to the Trump lawyer John Sauer, who is the president-elect’s pick for the Justice Department solicitor general.

An appeals court is expected to rule soon on whether to uphold the judgment, which was imposed following a trial in which Mr. Trump was accused of manipulating his net worth and lying about the value of his properties to receive more favorable terms on loans.

There are also eight civil suits accusing Mr. Trump of inciting his supporters to rush the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, while President Biden’s Electoral College win was being certified by a joint session of Congress.

In the New York criminal case, Mr. Trump’s lawyers successfully pushed the sentencing past Election Day. But the Trump legal team — led by Mr. Trump’s choice for deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, and for principal deputy attorney general, Emil Bove — has argued that the case should be swiftly dismissed, citing the president’s November victory and the broad immunity that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted to presidents for official acts committed while in office.

The inability to overturn the felony conviction remains a source of irritation to Mr. Trump, according to people who have spoken to him about it, even if the case does not appear poised to define the early stages of his second term in the way the Russia investigation did in his first term.

Judge orders Trump sentenced on Jan. 10, signals no punishment for conviction

Former US Attorney Michael Moore speaks to CNN about Judge Juan Merchan upholding Trump’s conviction in the New York hush-money case, rejecting the president-elect’s effort to throw out the jury’s verdict because of his reelection.

A New York judge has ordered President-elect Trump’s criminal sentencing for Jan. 10, rejecting his demand that his hush money case be dismissed to accommodate his presidency following his election victory.

Judge Juan Merchan signaled he is inclined to impose no punishment for Trump’s 34-count felony conviction, given concerns about his immunity from criminal prosecution upon taking the oath of office.

Merchan said an unconditional discharge “appears to be the most viable solution” and he would allow Trump to appear virtually.

“While this Court as a matter of law must not make any determination on sentencing prior to giving the parties and Defendant an opportunity to be heard, it seems proper at this juncture to make known the Court’s inclination to not impose any sentence of incarceration, a sentence authorized by the conviction but one the People concede they no longer view as a practicable recommendation,” Merchan wrote.

The jury of 12 New Yorkers in May found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment his ex-fixer made to porn actor Stormy Daniels with the intention of unlawfully influencing the 2016 presidential election. Daniels was paid during the campaign to keep quiet about an affair she alleged with Trump, which he denies.

Merchan’s decision keeps Trump’s criminal conviction on the books, meaning he would be the first felon to assume the presidency, though Trump still can appeal the jury’s verdict.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement following Merchan’s decision that there should be no sentencing, suggesting that the “deeply conflicted” judge’s ruling violates the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling.

“This lawless case should have never been brought and the Constitution demands that it be immediately dismissed,” Cheung said. “President Trump must be allowed to continue the Presidential Transition process and to execute the vital duties of the presidency, unobstructed by the remains of this or any remnants of the Witch Hunts.”

The Hill requested comment from the Manhattan district attorney’s office.

The president-elect’s criminal defense strategy long rested on delay until after the election. Trump successfully staved off trial in his other three criminal prosecutions, and in the hush money case — the only one that did reach a verdict — he successfully pushed the sentencing until after voters cast their ballots. He won decisively in November’s election.

Special counsel Jack Smith dismissed all charges against Trump in his federal election subversion and classified documents cases, and Trump’s only other remaining indictment — his election interference prosecution in Georgia — remains in doubt after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) was disqualified by an appellate court over her romance with a top prosecutor on the case. She has appealed the decision.

Trump was slated to be sentenced in New York in November. Since the election, his lawyers have argued his status as president-elect compels the case to be tossed entirely.

The judge wrote that he was “not persuaded” and he would allow Trump to appear virtually at his sentencing to accommodate his transition duties as president-elect.

“Having addressed and resolved all matters brought before this Court and the verdict now more than half a year behind us, all that remains outstanding in this case is the issuance of this Decision and the imposition of sentence,” Merchan wrote.

“Scheduling sentence is a function that remains exclusively within the purview of the trial judge and can be easily set down for a date and time certain to minimize disruption and inconvenience, provided that applicable statutory obligations are met,” he added.

The judge also emphasized the importance of keeping the New York jury’s guilty verdict against Trump intact, writing that its importance could not “possibly be overstated.”

“Indeed, the sanctity of a jury verdict and the deference that must be accorded to it, is a bedrock principle in our Nation’s jurisprudence,” he said.

Merchan went on to reject an alternative suggested by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whose office is prosecuting the case, that the judge treat the case as if Trump had passed away.

Trump’s attorneys called the scenario “absurd” and a “dark dream scenario,” but Bragg said the first-of-its-kind solution was warranted given the unprecedented circumstances.