Joyce Vance discusses Merchan citing a recent report from Chief Justice John Roberts while announcing Trump's sentencing date.

Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a New York judge to stop Trump’s sentencing scheduled for Friday on his convictions for falsifying business documents.

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge, and prosecutors aren't opposing it. That would mean no jail ...

The judge said the president-elect can appear in person or virtually as he rejected Trump's motion to toss out his New York criminal case.

Judge in Trump’s hush money case signals no jail time will be imposed at his sentencing In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money ...

The Manhattan judge ... s hush money trial has rejected the president-elect’s last-ditch attempt to delay a sentencing set for January 10. In an order on Monday, New York Justice Juan Merchan ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan ... in the hush money case in which he was found guilty by a jury last year of 34 counts of falsifying business records. It is the first time in the trial that ...

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump remains on track to be sentenced this week in his hush money case after ... Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ordered sentencing to proceed as scheduled ...

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money ... that has gone to trial and possibly the only one that ever will. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan could have ...