Opinion
Editorial: Justice Juan Merchan got it just right with Donald Trump’s sentencing
New York Justice Juan Merchan’s decision to let Donald Trump go unpunished for his 34 felony-count convictions was the right one.
Judge Merchan Offers 'Twist' Days Before Donald Trump Sentencing: Attorney
Joyce Vance discusses Merchan citing a recent report from Chief Justice John Roberts while announcing Trump's sentencing date.
Excerpts from President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing
The charges related to payments Trump’s company made to a lawyer, Michael Cohen, to reimburse him for paying off porn actor Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 Republican presidential campaign.
At Trump's Sentencing, a Measured Judge Confronts a President-Elect
On Friday, a New York judge imposed a sentence that ensures Donald Trump will be the first convicted felon to enter the White House when he is sworn in as president on Jan. 20. It was a brief and relatively calm final encounter of Trump's relationship with Justice Juan Merchan over 21 months and featured accusations of political bias from the former and stern dressings-down from the latter.
The Judge Imposing Trump’s Sentence Has Felt the Brunt of His Attacks
Justice Juan M. Merchan, an even-keeled jurist, has been in the president-elect’s cross-hairs for nearly two years.
Trump sentencing: Judge gives Trump 'unconditional discharge' to respect presidency
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his historic hush money case to an unconditional discharge -- allowing Trump to avoid prison, fines or probation, but cementing his status as a convicted felon just 10 days before he takes the oath of office for his second term.
Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment
President-elect Donald Trump has been sentenced in his New York hush money case, but Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan declined to impose any punishment.
Judge Merchan tries to defend himself after Trump sentencing — but he and Bragg are responsible for this monster
On Friday, the sentencing of President-Elect Donald Trump saw one of the most impassioned defense arguments given at such a ...
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Trump’s Felony Conviction Appeal Will Show How Fully He’s Above the Law
Trump’s appeal will decide how the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling applies to his hush money case.
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Judge Merchan Chews Up 7 Minutes Bemoaning That Trump’s Election Win Prevents Him From Imposing Harsher Sentence
Judge Juan Merchan spent seven minutes during Friday’s sentencing hearing bemoaning that President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
Judge Juan Merchan’s vendetta against Donald Trump has reached Captain Ahab-level madness
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is abusing his power one last time in a bid to ensure that Donald Trump is ...
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The End of the Trump Prosecutions
Only one of the four criminal cases against Trump ever reached the trial stage, the Manhattan hush-money case. It culminated ...
Juan Merchan defends the rule of law
Trump will be the first felon to serve as a U.S. president.” That said, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan strongly ...
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When You Come at the King
If they are confirmed by the Senate, which looks like a certainty, they will come into Main Justice, the department’s ...
At sentencing, Trump lied and got less than a slap on the wrist
Trump’s statements at the hearing were riddled with lies and irrelevancies. His only bit of remorse was saying that “this has ...
One Possible Explanation for Justice Merchan’s Last-Second Decision to Sentence Trump
Merchan’s concern for the rule of law and his condemnation of Trump’s attack on the judiciary are well stated. But his timing ...