Posted on 04/30/2024 7:13:04 PM PDT by Coronal
The judge presiding over the NY v. Trump trial in Manhattan granted former President Trump permission on Tuesday to attend his son’s high school graduation in Florida next month.
"I don’t think the May 17 date is a problem," Judge Juan Merchan told the court Tuesday morning of Barron Trump's graduation date.
Trump had pushed for weeks to attend his son's high school graduation on May 17, but a decision on the matter was left in limbo until Tuesday, with Trump speculating earlier this month he would be denied leaving Manhattan for the event.
"(Barron’s) a great student and he’s very proud of the fact he did so well and was looking forward for years to having his graduation with his mother and father there, and it looks like the judge isn’t going to allow me to escape this scam. It’s a scam trial," the former president said earlier this month when the trial kicked off.
It is unclear if trial proceedings will pause on May 17 or if the president will simply be absent from the courtroom that day, which falls on a Friday.
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If the judge had wanted to let Trump attend the graduation, he would have said so from the beginning. He didn’t say yes because he didn’t want to let him go, but, IMO, received such negative backlash from the public that he caved.
The judge just decided that his personal pleasure of screwing with Trump and his family would be outweighed by the negative PR.
“ Mighty white of him. F-ing a-hole.”
BTTT
Yup
How nice of him.
Yes may be spot on there.
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