Former President Trump attends his youngest son Barron Trump’s high school graduation in Florida on Friday, ahead of his criminal trial in New York.
Barron Trump, 18, will graduate from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. The graduation ceremony is private.
President Trump is pictured with his son, Barron, inside the viewing stand for the inaugural parade in front of the White House on January 20, 2017. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Barron Trump will go to college, but it’s unclear which college he chose. The former president has previously discussed the possibility of his son attending his own alma mater, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Tiffany Trump also graduated. Eric Trump attended Georgetown University.
Trump allowed to attend son Barron’s graduation after ripping trial judge for delaying decision
The former president and presumptive Republican presidential candidate had been pushing for weeks to attend his son’s high school graduation. The judge presiding over his criminal trial in Manhattan, Judge Juan Merchan, had left in limbo the decision whether to allow Trump to attend.
President Trump and his son Barron board Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey on August 16, 2020. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
The court meets every day except Wednesday, and Trump must attend each day of his criminal trial stemming from the case filed against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records. He maintains his innocence.
Merchan ultimately granted Trump’s request to attend Barron’s graduation, but he rejected Trump’s request to attend Supreme Court proceedings on April 25 regarding the issue of presidential immunity.
Melania Trump is pictured with a young Barron Trump. (Melanie Trump)
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“Barron is an excellent student and he’s very proud that he did so well and he’s been looking forward for years to graduating with his mom and dad there,” Trump said before Merchan acceded. to his request to miss a day in court for “trial for fraud.”
First lady Melania Trump and her son Barron are pictured after President Trump delivered his speech accepting the Republican nomination at the White House on August 27, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Former first lady Melania Trump told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview last month that nothing makes her more proud than the relationship she built with Barron.
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Meanwhile, the trial is set to resume Monday with continued cross-examination of the prosecution’s star witness, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
