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

Judge Juan Merchan imposed an "unconditional discharge” that means Trump receives no prison time or probation. Trump continues to appeal conviction.

The charges related to payments Trump’s company made to a lawyer, Michael Cohen, to reimburse him for paying off porn actor Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 Republican presidential campaign.

On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to enter the White House when he is sworn in as president on Jan. 20. It was a brief and relatively calm final encounter of Trump's relationship with Justice Juan Merchan over 21 months and featured accusations of political bias from the former and stern dressings-down from the latter.

New York State Judge Juan Merchan sentences U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as he appears remotely alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche for a sentencing hearing in the criminal cas

President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment

The high court’s action clears the way for the president-elect to be sentenced for his criminal conviction in Manhattan on Friday.

A judge sentenced President-elect Trump for his felony conviction in the New York hush money case to an "unconditional discharge," meaning there will be no penalty. Trump remained defiant, saying prosecutors failed to stop him from winning the election.