And Judge Merchan made it abundantly clear that it was not the president who deserved or whose position necessitated the treatment. Rather, it was the legal protections afforded to the office ...

Last Friday, New York county judge Juan Merchan proceeded with official sentencing of Donald J. Trump following the president-elect's controversial May 2024 conviction for business records ...

Smith’s political exercise is of a piece with Judge Juan Merchan’s insistence that Trump be sentenced last week. Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg declined to dismiss the absurd case ...

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 ...

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Judge Juan Merchan, presiding over the case, pointed out the unique nature of the proceedings and the 'extraordinary legal protections' tied to the office of the presidency. “Never before has ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures ... encounter of Trump's relationship with Justice Juan Merchan over 21 months and featured accusations of ...

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Attorneys and legal experts railed against New York Judge Juan Merchan sentencing President-elect Donald Trump in the NY v. Trump case just days ahead of his inauguration as president, saying the ...

Attorney Alan Dershowitz on Friday criticized Judge Juan Merchan for telegraphing how he would sentence President-elect Donald Trump, an act that Dershowitz said influenced the U.S. Supreme Court ...

At one point, Trump, appearing virtually, leaned forward, looking at Judge Juan Merchan, and referenced the November election, suggesting that it represented a repudiation of this case.

Judge Juan M. Merchan's sentence means no jail time or punishment other than having the conviction on his record. Trump has been fighting for months to reverse his conviction on 34 counts of ...