President-elect Donald Trump is familiar with New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing his sentencing in Manhattan on Friday. Trump was convicted by a jury there for ...

The former president was quizzed by a New York City probation officer for a report that will be compiled and presented to trial judge Juan M. Merchan prior to Trump's July 11 sentencing.

AP This holdup reeks of politics, or at least of a federal judge fearing political blowback ... Alvin Bragg’s tissue-thin case against Trump, Merchan then refused to sentence him long after ...