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

In a historic decision, Judge Juan Merchan imposed an unconditional discharge, sparing Trump from prison, fines, or probation but leaving a criminal conviction on his record. The ruling comes just 10 ...

After the trial, on Jan. 3, Merchan slammed Trump's "lack of respect for judges, juries, grand juries and the justice system as a whole" and rejected his last-ditch bid to have the verdict tossed due ...

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 ...

In the wake of Judge Juan Merchan’s decision last week ... Not so fast, I told my family and friends. Merchan’s opinion, as well as Trump’s choice in appellate maneuvers, suggest to me ...

Long Islander Juan M. Merchan will go down in history as the judge who sentenced President ... Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2006, serving in Family Court in the Bronx. In 2009, Gov.

EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan for denying his request ... Bragg—or about court staff, DA staff, or family members of staff. One issue Trump has been barred ...

Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial ... and that Daniels’ story was suppressed to avoid embarrassing Trump’s family, not to influence the electorate.

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan could have sentenced the 78-year ... His lawyers said he wanted to squelch the stories to protect his family, not his campaign. And while prosecutors said Cohen's ...

6 (UPI) --New York Judge Juan Merchan on Monday denied President-elect ... U.S. News // 10 hours ago Sackler family, Purdue Pharma agree to pay $7.4B to settle opioid suit by 15 states Jan ...

Donald Trump has been given an unconditional discharge over hush money payments sent to porn star Stormy Daniels, avoiding jail before his inauguration later this month.

It was a brief and relatively calm final encounter of Trump's relationship with Justice Juan Merchan over 21 ... 1994 and was appointed a judge to the New York City Family Court in 2006.