Just over a month ago, during jury selection for the Manhattan trial of alleged falsification of business records against former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, RedState reported that it appeared Judge Juan Merchan would not allow Trump to sit to take time off from the trial to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation.
In mid-April, Trump said:
As you know, my son is graduating high school and it looks like the judge won’t let me go to my son’s graduation, who has worked very, very tough. He is a great student and I am very proud that he has done so well. And I looked forward to graduating there with his mom and dad for years. It looks like the judge won’t allow me to escape this scam, it’s a fraud trial.
After appealing to the judge, Merchan was snail-paced to make his decision but ultimately gave Trump a timeout attend the ceremony.
The judge who presided over the NY v. Trump trial in Manhattan agreed former President Donald Trump He received permission Tuesday to attend his son’s high school graduation ceremony in Florida next month.
“I don’t think May 17 is a problem,” Judge Juan Merchan told the court Tuesday morning about Barron Trump’s graduation date.
So on Friday, Trump was in the audience with Melania by his side in West Palm Beach, Florida, where other proud parents watched their children accept their gifts High school diplomas.
Photos show Donald Trump and his wife Melania appearing together at their son Barron’s high school graduation in Florida on Friday during a break in the former president’s New York criminal trial.
According to The Palm Beach Post, Barron is one of 116 seniors from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach who received their diplomas on Friday.
In the images, Trump and Melania are present to watch Barron cross the stage.
Pictured: Barron Trump walks across the final stage as Donald and Melania look on proudlyhttps://t.co/9CdO0qiwWz pic.twitter.com/DxBDOfGsBA
AWESOME photo of President Trump cheering on his son Barron at his graduation ceremony today pic.twitter.com/I322wkSCGb
According to the Palm Beach PostOxbridge Academy is a college preparatory school for children in grades 6 to 12. The Oxbridge website describes himself as a preparatory academy that takes an interdisciplinary academic approach to “foster the development of exceptional leaders, thinkers, problem solvers and world changers, enabling them to learn essential skills in the classroom, laboratory, art studio or athletic field.” Each year 100 percent of the graduating class is accepted to four-year colleges and universities50 percent attend one of the top 100 US universities or one of the top 50 liberal arts colleges. Barron is reportedly thinking about attending the University of Pennsylvania, where his older half-brother and half-sisters Don Jr., Ivanka and Tiffany attended, or attending New York University in the aforementioned Manhattan.
What a victory, not only for Barron, who has successfully navigated the same vicious anger and spotlight as his parents, but also for Papa Trump. Whatever the verdict in the Alvin Bragg clownfest, erroneously known as the “hush money” trial, Trump was able to celebrate his son’s milestone with minimized drama. Bragg and the legacy media have nothing to brag or cheer about after the less-than-stellar testimony and cross-examination of alleged star witness and former Trump fixer Michael Cohen. Most of the lawsuits filed against Trump since 2023, which Democrats thought would stop him from running, only served to boost his poll numbers and fundraising. The icing on the cake: President Joe Biden agreed to two debates. The advantage is already secured for Trump, who doesn’t have to make do with medication and can easily navigate on and off the stage and on and off a teleprompter.
