The judge presiding over the NY vs. Trump lawsuit in Manhattan gave permission former president trump Tuesday she was allowed to attend her son’s high school graduation in Florida next month.
“I don’t think the May 17 date is an issue,” Judge Juan Merchan told the court Tuesday morning regarding Barron Trump’s graduation date.
Trump had tried for weeks to attend his son’s high school graduation on May 17, but a decision on the matter remained in limbo as of Tuesday, denying him permission as Trump had speculated earlier this month. Will go. Departure from Manhattan for the event,
“(Barron) is a great student and he’s very proud of the fact that he’s done so well and he’s been waiting for years with his mom and dad to graduate, and it looks like the judge is going to give me permission to run away.” Will not give this scam. This is a scam trial,” the former president said earlier this month when the trial began.
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Then-President Trump returns to the White House with First Lady Melania Trump and their son Barron on August 16, 2020, after a weekend at Bedminster in Washington, DC. (Photo by Eric Baradet/AFP via Getty Images)
It is not clear whether the trial proceedings will be halted on May 17 or whether the President will be absent from the courtroom on that day, which falls on a Friday.
Barron Trump attends a private high school near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in south florida,
Former President Trump’s son Barron, left, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner attend an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate after Trump announced that he will run for president again in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Arrived to pick up. Palm Beach, Florida, on November 15, 2022. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Trump is currently in the ninth day of his trial in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The case was heard Tuesday morning with three witnesses, including former American Media Inc. CEO and former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, former Trump executive assistant and senior vice president of the Trump Organization Ronna Graff and Gary Farrow. Served as Senior Managing Director at First Republic Bank in 2016.
Judge fines Trump thousands for violating gag order, warns next sentence could be ‘prison sentence’
Former President Trump, middle left, looks on with his attorney Todd Blanche, middle right, as prosecutor Matthew Colangelo indicts Trump for hiding money he paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 in Manhattan Gave opening statements during the criminal trial of. State Court in New York City, April 22, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
On Tuesday, Marchan ordered Trump to pay a $9,000 fine for violating the gag order that prohibits him from speaking publicly about family members of witnesses and court officials. The judge found that he breached the order on nine separate occasions, with each breach resulting in a $1,000 fine.
The judge detailed in the order that if Trump “persistently willfully violates” the gag order, he could face a “prison sentence” if “necessary and appropriate.”
Former President Trump speaks to the media as he leaves court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments in Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, in his first criminal case to go to trial. (Brendan McDiarmid-Poole/Getty Images)
in the comments ahead of court on Tuesday morningTrump asked Marchant to recuse himself, calling the case a “hoax” which is being overseen by a “badly conflicted judge.”
Former President accused of violating gag order, Trump’s criminal trial in NYV begins in third week
Former President Trump, right, attends the funeral of his mother-in-law Amaliza Neves with his wife Melania, son Barron and father-in-law Victor Neves at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church in Palm Beach. , Florida, on Thursday, January 18, 2024. Naves died on January 9, 2024 in Miami at the age of 78. (Alon Skou for Fox News Digital)
“This is a fraud. This is a judge who is conflicted. Badly, badly, badly conflicted. I’ve never seen a judge be so conflicted and not give us a decision,” Trump said outside the courtroom.
“I’m going to sit in a freezing cold icebox for 8 hours, 9 hours or more. They removed me from the campaign. But the good news is my poll numbers are the highest they’ve ever been. So at least We are here to spread the word. And everyone knows that this case is a scam. The judge should recuse himself from it and perhaps he will.
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Trump has criticized Merchan before, including a tirade against him on Truth Social last month, when he called for the judge to recuse himself and cited Merchan’s daughter and her work. Political consultant for Democratic politicians,
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“Judge Juan Marchan, who suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (whose daughter represents Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, and other radical liberals), just posted a photo of me behind bars. has now issued another illegal, un-American, unconstitutional ‘order’, as he continues to take away my rights. Trying to,” Trump posted on Truth Social last month after he was ordered to limit what he said publicly about the case.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
