Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left ...

Long Islander Juan M. Merchan will go down in history as the ... Merchan, who The New York Times has reported is a native of Colombia, grew up in Queens and graduated from Hofstra University ...

Justice Juan M. Merchan, an even-keeled jurist ... an unusual position for the even-keeled judge. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Justice Merchan, 62, was raised primarily in Queens and worked as ...

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 ...

Donald Trump has called for the disbarment of Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over his criminal hush money case last year, in a Truth Social message posted on Saturday after the judge set a date ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan declined to vacate Trump's history-making guilty verdict in a ruling on Friday, Jan. 3, further ordering him to appear for sentencing on Jan. 10 Kyler Alvord is a news ...

EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan for denying his request to dismiss the charges against him in New York v. Trump, telling Fox News Digital Democrats "just want to ...

open image in gallery New York Justice Juan Merchan presided over Trump’s case and faced an onslaught of attacks from Trump and his allies (AP) In ordering Trump to appear — either in-person ...

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

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.

But Justice Juan Merchan indicated he will not sentence Trump to prison time, acknowledging that incarceration is not a “practicable” option. And the judge said Trump may attend the sentencing ...

On Friday, New York Judge Juan M. Merchan upheld Trump’s 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records. Merchan set sentencing for Friday, Jan. 10, and indicated that he would likely ...