Juan Merchan is the first judge to preside over the criminal case and conviction of a former U.S. president and to hold him in criminal contempt of court.

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

Judge Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump on Friday to an unconditional discharge. The Supreme Court declined ...

President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced Friday after being convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush money to a porn star.

On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to enter the White ...

The Supreme Court didn’t help Donald Trump … this time. The court’s 5-4 decision Thursday to deny the president-elect’s last-minute effort to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case set up a ...

Donald Trump gloated that the Americans “don’t need anything” from Canada, even as the Canadian government sent firefighters ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan gave Americans an unusual level of access Friday by making public the audio from President-elect Donald Trump 's criminal sentencing.

Merchan allowed media organizations to record the audio from inside the courtroom as he sentenced President-elect Donald ...

Judge Juan Merchan spent seven minutes during Friday’s sentencing hearing bemoaning that President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

In a historic decision, Judge Juan Merchan imposed an unconditional discharge, sparing Trump from prison, fines, or probation but leaving a criminal conviction on his record. The ruling comes just 10 ...