Trump’s Attendance at Son Barron’s High School Graduation in Question as Hush Money Trial Looms – One America News Network
OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
4:50 PM – Monday, April 15, 2024
Given the date of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial, he may have to miss his son Barron’s high school graduation that is scheduled for next month.
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Trump is slated to make history as the first former president of the U.S. to go on trial in a criminal case.
On Monday, the jury selection process for Trump’s hush-money trial commenced in a Manhattan courtroom.
Judge Juan Merchan of the New York Supreme Court announced that as the court prepared for the first day of voir dire, he had received requests from Trump’s legal team asking the former president to miss the trial on May 17th in order to travel to Florida to attend Barron Trump’s high school graduation.
Merchan stated that he would not make a decision right away regarding Trump’s request to postpone the trial and move it to a different day.
“It really depends on if we are on time and where we are in the trial,” Merchan said.
It could take up to two weeks to select the right jurors. According to reports, Donald Trump will be allowed to know the names of the chosen jurors at his upcoming trial. However, the public will not. Jurors’ safety could be jeopardized if Americans discovered who was responsible for the final verdict.
After Monday afternoon’s court adjournment, Trump voiced his displeasure to the media.
“As you know, my son is graduating from high school and it looks like the judge wil…
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