Judge Juan Merchan might have wanted to impose a harsher sentence on Donald Trump, but in his view, he was restricted by the ...

is an unconditional discharge,” Judge Juan Merchan told Mr. Trump. “Sir, I wish you godspeed as you assume your second term in office.” This isn’t what Mr. Bragg, the Manhattan District ...

His sentencing hearing, in which Manhattan-based Merchan gave him an unconditional discharge, comes less than two weeks before his inauguration on January 20. After a weeks-long trial last year ...

The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue: Sentencing of Donald Trump in his hush money trial.

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 rela ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan gave Americans an unusual level of access Friday by making public the audio from President-elect Donald Trump's criminal sentencing. There are no cameras allowed in New ...

New York Judge Juan Merchan gave Americans an unusual level of access Friday by making public the audio from President-elect Donald Trump's criminal sentencing. In a roughly 30 minute hearing ...