Trump hush money trial: Judge didnt rule on graduation request [Video]

Following the first day of trial, Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social to blast presiding Judge Juan Merchan, saying that while in court, Merchan denied Trump the chance to attend his son Barron’s high school graduation. 

“The Judge, Juan Merchan, is preventing me from proudly attending my son’s Graduation. Seems very unfair, doesn’t it? But this whole event is unfair,”  a portion of Trump’s Truth Social post says. 

Across social media, people expressed shock and outrage that the judge would keep Trump from attending the graduation. 

“Trump should go to Barron’s graduation. A judge threatening him over it is insane,” conservative commentator Benny Johnson posted on X. An X account managed by the Republican National Committee says, “It’s disgusting to stop Trump from attending Barron’s graduation for a partisan sham trial that …