Former President Trump’s allies have seized on the judge overseeing the New York hush-money case, delaying a decision to allow the former president to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation in May.
President Trump’s other son, Eric, said, “Judge Marchand is truly cruel in not allowing a father to attend his son’s graduation.” Said In a post on social platform X Monday.
Under New York state law, former presidents must attend the entire trial and cannot skip it without the judge’s permission. Marchan declined to make any ruling on the issue of allowing Trump to attend Monday’s graduation ceremony, but he did not outright deny giving Trump the authority to do so.
The former president accused Judge Juan Melchan of preventing his son from attending the graduation ceremony, saying he was “looking forward to it with his mother and father.”
“It looks like the judge won’t let me get away with this fraud,” Trump told reporters. “This is a fraud trial.”
Trump too expressed He expressed his dissatisfaction with the matter in a post on Truth Social Monday.
“Who will explain to my wonderful son, Barron, a good student at a wonderful school, that his father probably won’t be allowed to attend his graduation ceremony? This is what we’ve been talking about for years: A deeply inconsistent and corrupt New York judge wants to put me in criminal court in a bogus ‘Biden case.’ Stated.
“Telling Mr. Trump he can’t attend Mr. Barron’s graduation is more than just a prank,” Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) said in a post on X early Tuesday morning.
“This is intentionally cruel,” he said. continuation In his post.
Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake said in a post on Monday that she was “heartbroken” for the former president and his youngest son.
“President Trump is depriving me of the opportunity to experience my son’s high school graduation, even though these kids worked so hard to graduate,” Lake said. continuation In her post. “This corrupt judge is ruthless and cruel. We, the People, send a message in November: We will take back our country.”
Another strong ally of President Trump, Rep. Byron Donald (R-Florida), Said “President Trump can’t even go to his son’s graduation,” Marchan said.
“I mean, come on,” Donald said on Newsmax’s “National Report” on Tuesday. “It’s pure malice.”
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