New York Justice Juan Merchan’s decision to let Donald Trump go unpunished for his 34 felony-count convictions was the right one.

Former president Donald Trump is familiar with New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing his sentencing in Manhattan on Friday. Trump was convicted by a jury there for ...

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is abusing his power one last time in a bid to ensure that Donald Trump is technically a convicted felon when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.

Justice Juan M. Merchan, an even-keeled jurist, has been in the president-elect’s cross-hairs for nearly two years.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in March. (Seth Wenig/AP) President-elect Donald Trump will enter office as a convicted and sentenced criminal, provided the Supreme Court does not once ...

Justice Juan Merchan, in an 18-page opinion and order ... and maybe even the United States Supreme Court, will delay the sentencing, effectively until after his presidency. To begin with, Merchan ...

a repetition of the arguments he has raised numerous times in the past,” wrote Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan as he rejected defense requests for a stay of the proceeding ...

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Judge Juan Merchan understands that jury verdicts matter. And in this case, the verdict matters more than the sentence.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has set a date for sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case. The judge ruled on Friday that Trump would be sentenced on January 10 ...

The judge in president-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case accused Trump’s defense lawyers, who are incoming Department of Justice officials, of undermining the judicial system in his ruling ...

President-elect Donald Trump will enter the White House this month as a felon, but will serve no jail time under a sentence handed down this morning in New York for his criminal conviction in a ...