Justice Juan M. Merchan, an even-keeled jurist ... it has placed Justice Merchan and his family in Mr. Trump’s cross-hairs, an unusual position for the even-keeled judge. Born in Bogotá ...

Judge Juan Merchan ended the hearing with a note of ... "It's a sad day for President Trump, his family, and his friends. But it's also, in counsel's view, a sad day for this country." ...

Trump knew in advance of the hearing that Judge Juan Merchan was not going to ... He trashed Judge Merchan and his family, individual prosecutors and their families, the witnesses, the jury ...

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan could have sentenced the 78-year ... His lawyers said he wanted to squelch the stories to protect his family, not his campaign. And while prosecutors said Cohen ...

Long Islander Juan ... Merchan will go down in history as the judge who sentenced President-elect Donald Trump. Merchan presided over Trump's historic five-week criminal trial that culminated ...

UPDATE (Jan. 7, 2025, 1:44 p.m. ET): A New York appellate judge on Tuesday denied Donald Trump's motion to delay his sentencing in his hush money case, which is scheduled for Friday. In the wake of ...