On Friday, the sentencing of President-Elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a ...

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

Joyce Vance discusses Merchan citing a recent report from Chief Justice John Roberts while announcing Trump's sentencing date.

The nation’s high court denied Trump’s request for an emergency stay, or pause, of the criminal proceedings in his Manhattan ...

Juan Manuel Merchan was born in Bogota, Colombia, on July 29, 1962, during a period of violence involving the government, peasant self-defense groups, communists, students, Catholic radicals and ...

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

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Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over allegations that he instructed his then ...

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to reject an appeal from President Trump that sought to block his sentencing Friday in the hush-money case.

The United States Supreme Court ... petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in an effort to prevent his Jan. 10 sentencing, scheduled by Judge Juan Merchan, from taking place.

President-elect Donald Trump’s historic sentencing draws mixed reactions as the unprecedented criminal case is expected to ...

President-elect Donald Trump has turned to the U.S. Supreme ... court early Wednesday to pause the hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. while he appeals New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan ...