On Friday, the sentencing of President-Elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a hearing in years … from the judge himself.

The audio from President-elect Trump's sentencing hearing was released on Friday and showed a defiant Trump making the case that the November election vindicated his position.

The president-elect was given an unconditional discharge on Friday in his criminal hush money case in New York by Judge Juan Merchan.