Former President Donald Trump is making the most of Friday’s rare day off from his hush money trial in New York, attending his son’s high school graduation in Florida before jetting to Minnesota for a GOP dinner.
Mr. Trump, writing on Truth Social, said he was looking forward to Barron Trump’s commencement from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach.
“Going to Barron’s High School Graduation. Great student, wonderful boy! Very exciting!!!” he wrote on Truth Social, signing it with his initials to indicate he, not an aide, wrote the message.
Mr. Trump has been trapped in a Manhattan courtroom four days a week since mid-April as he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. He has denied the charges.
State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan said Mr. Trump could attend his son’s graduation instead of holding the trial Friday. Typically, the trial is suspended only on Wednesdays.
After Barron’s ceremony in the morning, Mr. Trump was set to fly to swing-state Minnesota to speak at the Lincoln Reagan Dinner in St. Paul.
The former president hopes to secure Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes in November. He lost the state to President Biden in 2020 by 7 points. In 2016, Mr. Trump lost the state by less than 2 points en route to his overall victory.
Mr. Trump’s trial is heading into its final stretch. The judge said lawyers should be ready to give closing arguments Tuesday, meaning the jury could get the case before the end of the week.
• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.
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