Joyce Vance discusses Merchan citing a recent report from Chief Justice John Roberts while announcing Trump's sentencing date.

New York Judge Juan Merchan gave Americans an unusual level of access Friday by making public the audio from President-elect ...

Trump attends his sentencing hearing with Judge Juan Merchan following jury conviction in his hush money case.

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 ...

On Friday, the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a hearing in years … from the judge ... Merchan knows that there is ...

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

New York Judge ... continued. Merchan has already said he will not sentence the president-elect to prison and instead issue a sentence of an "unconditional discharge," which means there would ...

Judge Juan Merchan wrote in a January 3 footnote: "There have been instances when ... in the broader picture, have the potential to create a chilling effect on the Third Branch of government.