Long Islander Juan M. Merchan will go down in history as the judge who sentenced President-elect Donald Trump. Merchan presided over Trump's historic five-week criminal trial that culminated ...

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 ...

Judge Juan Merchan ended the hearing with a note of good luck to the future president. "I wish you God speed as you assume a second term in office," Merchan said. The case marks the first criminal ...

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

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