The New York judge overseeing former President Trump's hush money trial announced Monday that Trump will not be able to attend next week's Supreme Court arguments on presidential immunity.
This comes after a judge earlier delayed a decision allowing President Trump to attend his son Barron's high school graduation ceremony in May.
President Trump's attempt to set aside a specific date for the hush money trial, which is expected to last weeks if not months, comes as the first day of the trial is officially underway in Manhattan. .
The decision not to allow President Trump to appear in Washington, D.C., on April 25, when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on his claim of presidential immunity in a federal criminal case, comes at a news conference in New York on Monday. The decision was made just before the trial adjourned.
“Arguing before the Supreme Court is a big deal, and I certainly understand why my client would want to go to the Supreme Court, but a trial before the New York Supreme Court is also… It's a big deal,” he said. He refused his request to let the former president play hooky.
“I'll see him here next week,” the judge added.
Under New York state law, Mr. Trump is required to attend the entire trial unless he receives special permission from the judge to be absent.
After the court adjourned for the day, Trump suggested that he believed he was “better” than the Supreme Court for preventing Marchan from attending the high court's oral arguments.
The former president also accused Marchand of preventing him from attending his son Barron's high school graduation in May. The judge declined to issue any ruling on the issue early Monday, but did not outright rule out giving the former president permission to attend the event.
President Trump told reporters, “I was looking forward to the graduation ceremony where my mother and father would be in attendance.'' “It looks like the judge won't let me get away with this fraud. It's a fraud trial.”
In remarks outside the courtroom, President Trump criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) for attending the trial all day, saying people were “being robbed and killed all day long. ' he suggested.
The first day of Trump's first criminal trial focused primarily on unresolved legal issues, with only jury selection taking place after the afternoon lunch break.
President Trump has accused former fixer Michael Cohen of falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels to cover up allegations of an affair before the 2016 election.34 has been charged with the crime. He maintains his innocence and denies having an affair with his girlfriend.
Jury selection is scheduled to resume on Tuesday and could last days or weeks.
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