(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File) FILE - Judge Juan M. Merchan sits for a portrait in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. A man crosses the street outside Manhattan criminal court before the ...

A Manhattan prosecutor and one of Trump’s defense lawyers also spoke before Judge Juan M. Merchan issued the sentence, which is known as an unconditional discharge. “This has been a very ...

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial, signaled in a written decision that he'd sentence the former and future president to what's known as an unconditional discharge ...

The president-elect didn't attend. The fast-moving appeals court developments came after the trial judge, Juan M. Merchan, on Monday rebuffed Trump's first attempt to delay his sentencing.

The Republican is echoing Trump and his lawyers by saying it never should have been brought. “This entire case against President Trump has been a politically motivated and contrived witch hunt ...

He reiterated that he would appeal his conviction. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan could have sentenced the 78-year-old to up to four years in prison. Instead, Merchan chose a sentence that ...

Accordingly, when the trial court imposes a sentence of unconditional discharge, the defendant is released without imprisonment, probation supervision or conditions. A sentence of unconditional ...

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’ ...