President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in his hush money criminal case Friday after the Supreme Court refused to pause it, the first-ever sentencing of a former president on criminal charges—though Trump will likely face few, if any, penalties, and is all but certain not to be sentenced to prison.

The court’s 5-4 order Thursday clears the way for Judge Juan M. Merchan to impose a sentence Friday on Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels.

President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court refused to intervene.