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Judge Juan Merchan, the Manhattan court overseeing the former president’s criminal hush money case, has been the target of attacks from former President Donald Trump. In recent days, Trump has focused on one particular line of attack: the judge denied the president’s request for time off to attend his fifth child Barron’s high school graduation.
Trump has deceptively twisted Judge Juan Merchan’s remark about waiting to see how the trial proceeds before deciding if the court may postpone the event until May 17, into the falsehood that he’s undoubtedly barred from attending, infuriating many of his conservative fans, HuffPost reported.
During a contentious discussion about the former president on April 16, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, addressed the former president’s complaint on the Political Beatdown podcast. Barron, his son with current wife Melania, along with Donald Jr., Eric, Ivanka, and Tiffany, make up Trump’s five children.
