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 ...

The United States held the rights to build and operate on the Panama Canal in the early 1900s as part of the Hay-Herran Treaty between the United States and Colombia. Panama President Jose Raul ...

Justice Juan Merchan is a veteran jurist with over 16 years on ... and then assigned to try any cases that came out of the grand jury. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Merchan emigrated to New York City when ...

In a historic decision, Judge Juan Merchan imposed an unconditional discharge, sparing Trump from prison, fines, or probation but leaving a criminal conviction on his record. The ruling comes just 10 ...

On Friday, the sentencing of President-Elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a ...

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