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

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. Yes ...

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 ...

Justice Juan Merchan on Friday denied Trump's bid for an 'interest-of-justice' dismissal, setting sentencing for 10 days before inauguration.

On Friday, the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a hearing in years … from the judge himself. Acting Justice Juan Merchan ...

Former President Donald Trump's latest attempt to get the judge presiding over his New York criminal case to recuse himself has been denied. It was the third time Justice Juan Merchan has rejected ...

Justice Juan Merchan, in an 18-page opinion and order, rejected a number of Trump’s arguments against his sentencing, including that a president-elect is entitled to the same immunity as a ...

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected Donald Trump’s third attempt to oust the judge from the former president's hush money trial ahead of the Sept. 18 sentencing.

Justice Juan Merchan presides as defense lawyer Todd Blanche presents closing arguments during former President Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to ...

Justice Merchan is tired of Trump’s attempts to remove him from the hush money case, writing in a new motion that the “defendant’s arguments are nothing more than a repetition of stale and ...

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 ...