President-elect Donald Trump was convicted of multiple alleged felonies in New York in May, and ever since then, the prospect of a potential prison sentence has been hanging over his head.

That worry was finally put to rest on Friday when New York Judge Juan Merchan set a sentencing hearing for next week but indicated that Trump would face no real penalties for his criminal convictions, CNN reported.

Yet, despite Trump and his supporters' prayers for him to avoid a prison sentence being answered, the incoming president was still furious that he had been forced to deal with this and other overtly partisan prosecutions over the past couple of years.

No prison time, but conviction stands

On Friday, Judge Merchan issued a ruling in which he rejected President-elect Trump's request to toss out the jury's verdict and instead upheld the conviction while also setting Jan. 10 as the date for a sentencing hearing.

However, the judge made it clear that the criminal case is, for all intents and purposes, over, and that Trump will not face any sort of punishment beyond being tagged with the convicted felon label that Democrats and the media will undoubtedly seize upon with delight at any given opportunity.

Trump will not be sentenced to serve time in prison, be on probation, or even pay any fines, and will finally have the opportunity to appeal the conviction.

Merchan wrote in his order, "A sentence of an unconditional discharge appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality and allow Defendant to pursue his appellate options.

Trump is not happy

One might presume that President-elect Trump would be thrilled to learn that he'll face no prison sentence for his New York conviction, but that was little consolation in comparison to his still-burning fury at having been criminally prosecuted for alleged falsification of business records in the first place.

In a Truth Social post, Trump cited numerous legal scholars who had "unequivocally stated that the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt is a nonexistent case, which is not only barred by the Statute of Limitations but, on the merits, should never have been brought."

"This illegitimate political attack is nothing but a Rigged Charade. 'Acting' Justice Merchan, who is a radical partisan, just issued another order that is knowingly unlawful, goes against our Constitution and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it," he continued. "Merchan has so little respect for the Constitution that he is keeping in place an illegal gag order on me, your President and President Elect, just so I cannot expose his and his family’s disqualifying and illegal conflicts."

In a follow-up post, Trump said that "Merchan took the Bragg Hoax that, according to all Legal Scholars, should have been dead on arrival and, through his fraud and misconduct, gave it a semblance of 'life,'" and added, "just cannot let go of this charade. Is it because of his conflicts and relations that he keeps breaking the Law? This has to stop!"

Merchan a "corrupt" and "crooked" judge

In a separate post early Saturday morning, President-elect Trump again attacked Merchan as a "corrupt judge" and vehemently disputed the supposed facts of the case as well as how the judge "Keeps a 'gag order' on me so that I can’t talk about how crooked he is," and added that Merchan "should be disbarred!"

Nor was Trump alone in lashing out against Merchan following Friday's developments, as Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told CNN that the judge's order was likely a "direct violation" of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision last summer.

"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," Cheung said. "There should be no sentencing, and President Trump will continue fighting against these hoaxes until they are all dead."