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

The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an ...

The audio tape of President-elect Donald Trump’s New York City sentencing hearing was released to the public on Friday giving insight into the unprecedented conviction against a former president where ...

Judge Juan Merchan has signaled his intention to sentence Trump to an " unconditional discharge " -- allowing Trump to avoid prison, fines or probation -- out of respect for the principle of ...

The judge gives him no punishment—plus a shot at vindication.

President-elect Donald Trump has been sentenced in his New York hush money case, but Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan declined ...

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.