As the first weeks of President Donald J. Trump’s presidency devolve into chaos within the federal government, the Next ...

An embittered Judge Juan Merchan ... and the trial before Merchan a Star Chamber. Trump was accused of falsifying his books to hide the payments to Daniels, which were not illegal, for the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing hearing Friday in his business records falsification case was one for the history books ... of the hearing that Judge Juan Merchan was not going ...

Judge Juan Merchan has delivered his sentencing in New ... out with harsh criticism of Trump – but much too late. Their books told of egregious corruption and incompetency in the Trump ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan gave Americans an unusual level of access Friday by making public the audio from President-elect Donald Trump's criminal sentencing. There are no cameras allowed in New ...

At one point, Trump, appearing virtually, leaned forward, looking at Judge Juan Merchan, and referenced the November election, suggesting that it represented a repudiation of this case.

After a 30-minute hearing, New York Judge Juan Merchan released Trump without any ... but the laws are on the books for a country wishing to block him.

New York Judge Juan Merchan allowed media organizations to record the audio from inside the courtroom as he sentenced President-elect Donald Trump on Friday to an “unconditional discharge” in ...

Judge Juan Merchan ended the hearing with a note of good luck to the future president. "I wish you God speed as you assume a second term in office," Merchan said. The case marks the first criminal ...

Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to release Trump with no strings attached caps the first and only criminal trial of a former president, less than two weeks before he’s set to return to the White ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan, saying he must be "respectful ... was calling a legal expense in the books where everybody could see them, a legal expense. In other words, that legal fees or legal ...