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Trump called a judge a 'bad person' for not allowing him to travel for a funeral. His calendar says he's got a campaign event that day.
Donald Trump asked a judge to postpone his trial to travel for his mother-in-law's funeral but failed to mention that he was scheduled to attend a campaign rally, too.
According to court documents reviewed by Business Insider, lawyers for Trump requested Friday that Judge Lewis Kaplan postpone the trial date for E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit because of the sudden death of Amalija Knavs, the mother of his wife Melania Trump, last week. The trial was set to begin this Wednesday.
According to his attorney, Alina Habba, Trump could not attend the trial in New York on Wednesday and Thursday because he would be traveling to Florida to attend the funeral. Per the letter, Trump's team asked that the trial be postponed until the following week.
Kaplan denied the request later on Friday, saying that while the court "offers its condolences" to the Trump family, the trial would continue as scheduled. Trump is not required to be at the trial, as Kaplan pointed out, but the former President had expressed interest in attending.
"Mr. Trump is free to attend the trial, the funeral, or all parts or both, as he wishes," Kaplan wrote.
However, a letter sent by lawyers for Carroll on Saturday pointed out that may not have been the whole story. While Trump told the judge he would be "traveling to be with his family," Carroll's lawyers pointed out that Trump had a campaign rally scheduled in New Hampshire the same day.
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