Trump was given the day off trial for Barron’s graduation. Now he’s headlining a Republican fundraiser

Donald Trump is now planning to headline a political fundraiser on the day he demanded a break in his hush money trial so that he could attend his youngest son Barron’s high school graduation.

On Monday, the Minnesota Republican Party announced that the former president will headline its annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner event on 17 May.

“We are thrilled to welcome President Trump back to Minnesota,” state GOP chairman David Hann said in a statement. “I can think of no one more fitting to join us this year than President Trump.”

The fundraiser will be held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a roughly three hour and 45 minute flight from West Palm Beach, Florida, where Barron’s graduation ceremony will take place.

The high school event starts from 10am ET. It is not clear what time the Republican fundraiser gets under way.

However, Mr Trump’s busy schedule that day comes after he falsely claimed the judge in his hush money trial wouldn’t give him a day off to attend his son’s graduation from Oxbridge Academy.

At the start of the trial in April, Mr Trump’s legal team asked the judge to allow the criminal defendant the day off.

Judge Juan Merchan told Mr Trump he was not going to make a decision until the trial was underway, saying that he would not be able to grant the request if the trial was running behind schedule.

Mr Trump hit out at the judge saying that he was blocking him from attending the special moment.

“Who will explain for me, to my wonderful son, Barron, who is a GREAT Student at a fantastic School, that his Dad will likely not be allowed to attend his Graduation Ceremony, something that we have been talking about for years, because a seriously Conflicted and Corrupt New York State Judge wants me in Criminal Court on a