Donald Trump Can Skip Court for Son Barron's High School Graduation, Judge Rules

Judge Juan Merchan previously said that he would need to see if Trump's criminal trial was on schedule before granting the former president's request to pause proceedings
Donald Trump will be able to attend his son Barron Trump’s high school graduation after all.

On Tuesday, April 30, New York Judge Juan Merchan gave the former president — who is on trial for 34 felony charges — permission to miss a court date in May in order to attend Barron’s graduation from Oxbridge Academy […]
Donald Trump Can Skip Court for Son Barron's High School Graduation, Judge Rules

Read the Judge's Contempt Ruling Against Trump – The New York Times

A PDF version of this document with embedded text is available at the link below:
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK: PART 59
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
– against –
DONALD J. TRUMP
Defendant
DECISION and ORDER
People's Motion for
Contempt
SMZ 71762-24 and SMZ
71764-24
JUAN M. MERCHAN, A.J.S.C.:
BACKGROUND
Defendant is charged with 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree in
violation of Penal Law § 175.10. The charges arise […]
Read the Judge's Contempt Ruling Against Trump – The New York Times

Takeaways from day nine of the Trump hush money trial – The Atlanta Voice

(CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan handed down his first punishment to Donald Trump for violating the judge’s gag order in the New York hush money trial Tuesday, fining Trump $9,000 for nine violations.
The judge also warned the former president in his written order that continued violations could also lead to imprisonment – a striking reminder of the historic and surreal nature of this trial.
Once the trial itself began Tuesday, jurors heard from the attorney who […]
Takeaways from day nine of the Trump hush money trial – The Atlanta Voice

Harmon, Welch would get national Democratic Party spots under proposal from state party chair

Atlanta and New York were also being considered, but Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s promise to finance the convention played a key role in the committee’s decision. 
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, and House Speaker Chris Welch, D-Hillside, would become members of the Democratic National Committee by virtue of their positions under a proposal from state party chair Lisa Hernandez. 
Hernandez, a state representative from Cicero who serves on Welch’s House […]
Harmon, Welch would get national Democratic Party spots under proposal from state party chair

H.R. McMaster Announces Book About Trump Administration – People

Author H.R. McMaster "rises above the fray to lay bare the good, the bad and the ugly of Trump’s presidency"
In the six years since H.R. McMaster left his post as national security advisor to former president Donald Trump, he has turned his tumultuous year-long stint in the administration into a book.

The bestselling authors’ latest book, At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, will hit bookstore shelves on Aug. 27, Harper (an imprint of HarperCollins […]
H.R. McMaster Announces Book About Trump Administration – People

Melania Trump Looks Completely Different In Throwback Pics – Nicki Swift

Long before Melania Trump was wearing ridiculously expensive outfits to keep up appearances as first lady, she was just a humble Slovenian girl hoping her natural beauty would help her break into the modeling industry. While she seems to have a somewhat ageless appearance, Melania underwent a remarkable transformation, from a print model to first lady. This can be seen in how different she looks in throwback photos.
Photographer Stane Jerko takes credit for discovering Donald Trump’s future […]
Melania Trump Looks Completely Different In Throwback Pics – Nicki Swift

Donald Trump's criminal trial won't be held on same day as son Barron's graduation

A judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s criminal trial will not be held on the same day as his son Barron’s graduation, allowing the former president to attend the ceremony
Judge Juan M. Merchan has given the green light for Donald Trump to attend his son Barron's graduation, despite the former president's previous complaints about potentially missing Melania's birthday due to his criminal hush money trial. The judge confirmed on Tuesday morning that proceedings will not be held on […]
Donald Trump's criminal trial won't be held on same day as son Barron's graduation

Donald Trump has been told he can attend his son's graduation after all. So … – The Independent

Former president has been allowed the day off from his criminal trial in New York to attend Barron’s graduation in Florida
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Donald Trump will be able to attend the high school graduation of his youngest son Barron Trump after all, despite it clashing with his New York hush money trial.
On the very first day of his criminal trial on Monday 15 April, the Republican presidential candidate emerged from the courtroom to […]
Donald Trump has been told he can attend his son's graduation after all. So … – The Independent

Trump permitted to attend son Barron's graduation after ripping trial judge for delaying decision

Former Trump attorney joins ‘Life, Liberty & Levin’ after the Supreme Court hears arguments on the former president’s immunity claim.
The judge presiding over the NY v. Trump trial in Manhattan granted former President Trump permission on Tuesday to attend his son’s high school graduation in Florida next month. 
“I don’t think the May 17 date is a problem,” Judge Juan Merchan told the court Tuesday morning of Barron Trump’s graduation date. 
Trump had pushed for weeks to […]
Trump permitted to attend son Barron's graduation after ripping trial judge for delaying decision

Trump trial live: Former president hits back after being fined for gag order breach

A Playboy bunny’s lawyer asked to be made ambassador to the Isle of Man in return for killing the story of her alleged affair with Donald Trump.
Karen McDougal claimed she embarked on a 10-month affair with Mr Trump in 2006, having met him when he filmed an episode of the Celebrity Apprentice at the Playboy mansion.
In 2016, her lawyer, Keith Davidson, asked the publishing company AMI for more than $1 million for the rights to her story in addition to a “consulting gig” for his client, Mr […]
Trump trial live: Former president hits back after being fined for gag order breach