Merchan is the first judge in history to preside over the criminal case and conviction of a then-former U.S. President, and to hold him in criminal contempt of court.

With President-elect Donald Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty ...

Donald Trump’s attempt to avoid sentencing for his criminal hush-money case has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

New York’s Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, also refused to stop Trump’s sentencing Thursday morning, as the ...

Former President George W. Bush Department of Justice (DOJ) official John Yoo, Thursday on Fox Business, shared his insights ...

A divided Supreme Court rejected Trump’s final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold, clearing the way for him to ...

President-elect Donald Trump said he respects the Supreme Court’s decision to deny his request to stop his sentencing in New York v. Trump from moving forward, but said Thursday night he will appeal, ...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush ...

President-elect Trump responded to the Supreme Court’s decision allowing his hush money criminal case sentencing to move ...

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump “actually gets a benefit” when he is sentenced ...

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.

Trump is now waiting to see if the Supreme Court will intervene at his behest and stop the proceeding from going forward on ...