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

Juan Manuel Merchan was born in Bogota, Colombia, on July 29, 1962, during a period of violence involving the government, ...

Juan Merchan is the first judge to preside over the criminal case and conviction of a former U.S. president and to hold him in criminal contempt of court.

On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to enter the White ...

Donald Trump becomes the first US President to enter the White House as a convicted felon, sentenced for falsifying business ...

President-elect Donald Trump has been sentenced in the New York hush-money case, becoming the first U.S. president to face ...

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is abusing his power one last time in a bid to ensure that Donald Trump is ...

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

Trey Gowdy credited Judge Juan Merchan and Alvin Bragg for doing "more to help get Donald Trump reelected" than any other ...

Merchan allowed media organizations to record the audio from inside the courtroom as he sentenced President-elect Donald ...

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 ...

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 ...