Judge Juan Merchan understands that jury verdicts matter. And in this case, the verdict matters more than the sentence.

Trump sat beside his defense attorney Todd Blanche. Judge Juan Merchan did not sentence ... as you assume your second term in office." Before Judge Merchan announced the sentence, Trump called ...

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.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his historic hush money case to an unconditional discharge -- allowing ...

Attorneys and legal experts railed against New York Judge Juan Merchan sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in the NY v. Trump case just days ahead of his inauguration as president, saying the ...

Justice Juan M. Merchan gave Donald J. Trump a symbolic punishment. The judge said that ... it cemented his status as the first felon to occupy the Oval Office. “Never before has this court ...

Trump was sentenced on January 10 and Judge Juan Merchan wished him luck during his second term in office. More Eva Maria Uzcategui/Getty Images Trump's legal team, led by Todd Blanche ...

Trump attends his sentencing hearing with Judge Juan Merchan following jury conviction in his hush money case.

with New York Judge Juan Merchan offering this comment after Trump himself offered his take. "The protections afforded the office of the president are not a mitigating factor," he said.

Justice Juan ... judge’s career and the culmination of his long involvement with the former president. Ever since prosecutors filed the case nearly two years ago, it has placed Justice Merchan ...