Juan Merchan is the first judge to preside over the criminal case and conviction of a former U.S. president and to hold him in criminal contempt of court.

Juan Manuel Merchan was born in Bogota, Colombia, on July 29, 1962, during a period of violence involving the government, ...

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

Judge Juan M. Merchan has few alternatives but to hand President-elect Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card.

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan in March. (Seth Wenig/AP) President-elect Donald Trump will enter office as a convicted and sentenced criminal, provided the Supreme Court does not once ...

Justice Juan Merchan, in an 18-page opinion and order, rejected a number of Trump’s arguments against his sentencing, including that a president-elect is entitled to the same immunity as a ...

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.) ...

Last Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Donald Trump ... grand juries and the justice system as a whole.” And the judge did one other thing that produced Trump’s rage.

Julia Musto reports. MAGA acolytes Laura Loomer and Charlie Kirk have slammed Justice Juan Merchan’s decision to proceed with sentencing Donald Trump for his 34 felony convictions in the New ...

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 ...

Trump intends to appeal a Jan. 3 ruling by Justice Juan Merchan rejecting a motion to dismiss and upholding Trump's conviction on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. Merchan ordered ...

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