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

The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue: Sentencing of Donald Trump in his hush money trial.

Judge Juan Merchan spent seven minutes during Friday’s sentencing hearing bemoaning that President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory prevented him from ...

Merchan allowed media organizations to record the audio from inside the courtroom as he sentenced President-elect Donald Trump on Friday to an “unconditional discharge”.

Merchan plans to sentence Trump on Friday. AP So the judge has been dragging things out so that he can sentence Trump on Friday, barely a week before the inauguration and with insufficient time to ...

Accordingly, when the trial court imposes a sentence of unconditional discharge, the defendant is released without imprisonment, probation supervision or conditions. A sentence of unconditional ...

The president-elect laid out his thoughts on Merchan and the requirement to show up for sentencing on January 10 in his criminal hush money case.

President-elect Donald Trump received an unconditional discharge for his criminal conviction, meaning he will get a criminal ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan denied President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay sentencing in the New York v. Trump case. "Defendant's motion for a stay of these proceedings, including the ...

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan ordered Friday's sentencing to proceed as scheduled, rejecting arguments from Trump’s lawyers who said it should be halted while they ask a state appeals court to ...