Joyce Vance discusses Merchan citing a recent report from Chief Justice John Roberts while announcing Trump's sentencing date ...

Merchan is the first judge in history to preside over the criminal case and conviction of a then-former U.S. President, and to hold him in criminal contempt of court.

President-elect Donald Trump was thwarted Monday in his bid to indefinitely postpone this week’s sentencing in his hush money ...

The judge said the president-elect can appear in person or virtually as he rejected Trump's motion to toss out his New York criminal case.

Trump remains on track to be sentenced this week in his hush money case after a judge denied his request to halt proceedings ...