A judge announced on Monday he would grant former President Donald Trump‘s request that he miss a day of his criminal trial in New York to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation.
Judge Juan Merchan said he would not hold court proceedings in the hush money case on May 17 so that Trump can attend the ceremony, according to Politico.
Merchan’s announcement comes after Trump and his supporters decried the judge’s reluctance at the start of the trial to allow Trump to skip his criminal proceedings to attend the graduation. Merchan said on April 15, when the trial began, that he had not yet made a decision on the request.
Later that evening, Trump falsely claimed on social media that Merchan “prohibited” him from attending his son’s event, and in another post, Trump said he “likely” woul …