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Attorney Todd Blanche and President-elect Donald Trump, seen on a television screen, appear virtually for sentencing for Trump's hush money conviction in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in New York. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Trump defiant as judge delivers no-jail felony sentence ahead of inauguration

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this courtroom sketch, former U.S. President Donald Trump, left, sits with his attorney Todd Blanche, before Justice Juan M. Merchan, at the beginning of his trial at a Manhattan criminal court in New York, Monday, April 15, 2024. Trump arrived at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush money trial, making history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges. (Jane Rosenberg/Pool Photo via AP)

Supreme Court should block Judge Merchan’s ongoing election interference

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump calls for Judge Merchan disbarment

By Alex Miller and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump’s legal jeopardy is about to evaporate in criminal cases

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Judges, courts and a constitutional crisis illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Senior DOJ spokesman acknowledges cases against Trump are bogus

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s sentencing on hold until after November election

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Jim Jordan subpoenas firm that employs Judge Merchan’s daughter Loren

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to the media after a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Bragg not opposed to Trump’s request for sentencing delay

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Bozeman, Mont., Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Trump claims New York ‘trying to steal the election’ after judge rejects repeated calls for recusal

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. Merchan is the judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

House GOP targets daughter of Trump hush money judge in conflict of interest probe

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Judge Juan Merchan's courtroom sits empty between proceedings, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in New York. A dozen Manhattan residents are soon to become the first Americans ever to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to start Monday in former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Partisan calls for recusal of judges resound as politics take over courtrooms

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Stormy Daniels testifies on the witness stand as a promotional image for one of her shows featuring an image of Trump is displayed on monitors in Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

N.Y. judge again refuses to grant mistrial for Trump or alter gag order related to Stormy Daniels

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Judge Juan Merchan presides over Donald Trump's trial in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Judge Merchan’s constitutional crisis

By Newt Gingrich

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

New York prosecutors want Trump slapped with new gag-order fines

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Judge Juan Merchan presides over Donald Trump's trial in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Judge Juan Merchan belongs in conflicted jurist Hall of Fame

By Deroy Murdock

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he arrives at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, Tuesday April 23, 2024. Before testimony resumes Tuesday, the judge will hold a hearing on prosecutors' request to sanction and fine Trump over social media posts they say violate a gag order prohibiting him from attacking key witnesses. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool via AP)

Secret Service preparing for Trump contempt order, short-term confinement

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings during jury selection at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, April 18, 2024 in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump stars in ‘Law & Order: Zero Victims Unit’

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection in New York, Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/Pool Photo via AP)

N.Y. judge rejects last-minute bid to oust him for bias in Trump case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings on the second day of jury selection at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump returned to the courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)

Strong opinions in stunned Trump jury pool; judge excuses dozens at outset of historic trial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Swamp Justice Dept. going after Trump Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Democrats gag Trump

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times