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.

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, in an 18-page opinion and order ... and maybe even the United States Supreme Court, will delay the sentencing, effectively until after his presidency. To begin with, Merchan ...

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

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has set a date for sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case. The judge ruled on Friday that Trump would be sentenced on January 10 ...

The judge in president-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case accused Trump’s defense lawyers, who are incoming Department of Justice officials, of undermining the judicial system in his ruling ...

The former president has separately sued the judge in a state appeals court, claiming that the judge overstepped his jurisdiction when he denied Trump’s presidential “immunity” defense by allowing the ...

President-elect Donald Trump has turned to the U.S. Supreme ... court early Wednesday to pause the hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. while he appeals New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan ...

Tomorrow morning, seven months after a Manhattan jury convicted private citizen Donald Trump of 34 felonies, he should be sentenced. The U.S. Supreme Court has no cause to delay or cancel the ...