Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is abusing his power one last time in a bid to ensure that Donald Trump is technically a convicted felon when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.

That was the upshot of New York Justice Juan Merchan’s deft handling, with a critical assist from the U.S. Supreme Court, of Trump’s conviction on cover-up charges tied to hush-money payments ...

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 ...

Donald Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records. He was sentenced Friday in a New York court.

Long Islander Juan M. Merchan will go down in history as the ... That same year, he was appointed as an acting justice in Manhattan's Supreme Court, the felony-level trial court.

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

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

Acting Justice Juan Merchan will finally decide whether “to be or not to be” the judge to sentence Trump to jail. (Spoiler alert: He appears set to avoid a jail sentence and likely reversal.) ...

The president-elect laid out his thoughts on Merchan and the requirement to show up for sentencing on January 10 in his criminal hush money case.

open image in gallery New York Justice Juan Merchan presided over Trump’s case and faced an onslaught of attacks from Trump and his allies (AP) In ordering Trump to appear — either in-person ...

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 ...