Trump gets win as judge allows him to attend son Barron's high school graduation

Donald Trump will be allowed to attend his youngest son's high school graduation next month after a New York judge canceled a day of hearings in his criminal trial scheduled for that day.

The former president has been complaining since the start of his hush money trial that Justice Juan Merchan had ordered him to attend each day of court proceedings. But the judge agreed Tuesday to suspend the trial May 17 to allow him to attend his son Barron's graduation ceremony, reported Politico.

Trump has complained that Merchan had "prohibited" him from attending the graduation, but the judge said from the start he would rule later on his request for court to be adjourned on that day.

The former president has also whined that he had to attend the trial rather than be able to attend a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on his claim that he has presidential immunity from prosecution, or to take part in campaign events.

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Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, who is expected to testify at the trial, said the ex-president had not to his knowledge attended any of his older children's graduation ceremonies, although Law360 reporter Frank Runyeon said he had attended son Eric Trump's graduation in 2002.

“How do I know?" Runyeon said. "I was there. We were classmates at The Hill School,”