Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is abusing his power one last time in a bid to ensure that Donald Trump is technically a convicted felon when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his historic hush money case to an unconditional discharge -- allowing ...

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over allegations that he instructed his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to ...

That was the upshot of New York Justice Juan Merchan’s deft handling, with a critical assist from the U.S. Supreme Court, of Trump’s conviction on cover-up charges tied to hush-money payments ...

Acting Justice Juan Merchan admitted that the case was “unique and remarkable” but insisted that “once the courtroom doors were closed, the trial itself was no more special, unique ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan gave Americans an unusual level of access Friday by making public the audio from President-elect ...

Trump was sentenced on January 10 and Judge Juan Merchan wished him luck during his second term in office. More Eva Maria Uzcategui/Getty Images Trump's legal team, led by Todd Blanche ...

Long Islander Juan M. 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 ...

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

Trump attends his sentencing hearing with Judge Juan Merchan following jury conviction in his hush money case.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in March. (Seth Wenig/AP) President-elect Donald Trump will enter office as a convicted and sentenced criminal, provided the Supreme Court does not once ...

Trump's lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan in court papers Monday that dismissal is warranted because of the extraordinary circumstances of his impending return to the White House.