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Trump Plans to Attend Son’s Graduation and GOP Fundraiser, Contrary to Online Claim

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While his criminal fraud trial is not in session on May 17, former President Donald Trump plans to attend the high school graduation of his son Barron in Florida as well as a campaign event in Minnesota. A post on Threads misleadingly claims he will “miss his son’s graduation for fundraiser.” The graduation is in the morning and the fundraising dinner in the evening.


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As former President Donald Trump’s criminal fraud trial opened in Manhattan on April 15, Trump New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan did not immediately rule on the request, leading Trump and conservative commentators to falsely claim the judge would not allow Trump to go to the graduation.

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