President-elect Donald Trump, right, in court virtually on Jan. 10, 2025. (Fox News)
Merchan added, "Sir, I wish you Godspeed as you assume your second term in office."
Before Judge Merchan announced the sentence, Trump called the case a "tremendous setback for the American court system."
"This is a great embarrassment to the state of New York," Trump said, adding that the people saw the trial firsthand, and voted "decisively" to elect him as president.
Trump said the Justice Department was "very involved" and stressed that a case like this against a former president, candidate and now president-elect has "never happened in our country before."
"And I would just like to explain that I was treated very, very unfairly. And I thank you very much," Trump said Friday.
Merchan set Jan. 10 for the sentencing, just 10 days before Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
President-elect Donald Trump, right, in court virtually on Jan. 10, 2025. (Fox News)
Trump filed an appeal to block sentencing from moving forward with the New York State Court of Appeals. That court rejected his request.
Trump also filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that it "immediately order a stay of pending criminal proceedings in the Supreme Court of New York County, New York."
The high court denied the request, saying "the application for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the following reasons."
The United States Supreme Court poses for their official portrait in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on Oct. 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump needed five votes in order to have his request granted. The note on the order suggests Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett voted with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Katanji Brown Jackson.
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Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20.
Trump has maintained his innocence in the case and repeatedly railed against it as an example of "lawfare" promoted by Democrats in an effort to hurt his election efforts ahead of November.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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