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

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 ...

Judge Juan Merchan spoke to President-elect Donald Trump for several minutes as he imposed a sentence of unconditional discharge without any punishment in the New York hush money case. Merchan cited ...

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.

The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an ...

Donald Trump has been given an unconditional discharge over hush money payments sent to porn star Stormy Daniels, avoiding ...

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

A judge sentenced President Trump with an 'unconditional discharge' in the hush-money case, meaning no penalty but being a ...

Though the president-elect is expected to avoid jail time, his sentencing on 34 counts will formalize his status as a felon ...

President-elect Donald Trump, who was today given an unconditional discharge, will become the first person convicted of a ...

Judge Juan Merchan Shares His Thoughts At Trump Sentencing Hearing At President-elect Trump's sentencing hearing, Judge Juan ...

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