New York Justice Juan Merchan’s decision to let Donald Trump go unpunished for his 34 felony-count convictions was the right one.

Judge Juan Merchan included a "twist" in a footnote accompanying his decision on the sentencing date for President-elect Donald Trump, according to legal expert Joyce Vance. Merchan's footnote cited ...

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 ...

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

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over allegations that he instructed his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to ...

Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felonies for authorizing a scheme in 2017 to falsify records in order to cover up ...

Judge Juan Merchan imposed an "unconditional discharge” that means Trump receives no prison time or probation. Trump ...

Only one of the four criminal cases against Trump ever reached the trial stage, the Manhattan hush-money case. It culminated on Friday, when New York Justice Juan Merchan sentenced Donald Trump to an ...

Donald Trump, the first convicted felon to be elected president, was sentenced today in his New York hush-money case, pleasing virtually no one.

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

Donald Trump, felon, will remain exactly that. A felon. He also will remain a free man, ready to take the oath of office Jan. 20 to be the duly elected ...