Classic

Trump said last week he planned to attend the trials of all his upcoming legal battles in person, including the trial with Carroll starting on Tuesday. After the death of his mother-in-law, Trump’s legal team asked the court to adjourn the trial for one week so that the former president could travel with his family and attend the funeral on Jan. 17 and Jan. 18.

“Accordingly, President Trump, who plans to attend his trial, will not be able to be present on Wednesday and Thursday as he will be traveling to be with his family and be attending the funeral. Given that this is one of life’s sad unexpected realities, President Trump would greatly appreciate this minor accommodation during this difficult time,” Trump attorney Alina Habba wrote in the letter to the judge.

The judge ultimately denied the motion to adjourn the trial for one week — a decision that Trump blasted on social media.

“Lewis Kaplan, the terrible, biased, irrationally angry Clinton-appointed Judge in the Bergdorf’s Hoax, refused to postpone the sham trial next week, even in light of the funeral of my beloved Mother-in-law. This Judge has been ruthlessly unfair from the first day of Crooked Joe Biden’s Election Interfering Witch Hunt,” he wrote on Truth Social.

  The Hill

His beloved mother-in-law. Haha.

The funeral for Amalija Knavs is scheduled for Jan. 18 in Florida. According to his campaign website, Trump has a campaign event scheduled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Jan. 17.

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Carroll’s attorney noted that Trump’s campaign scheduled an event featuring the former president on Jan. 17 in New Hampshire.

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“There was no mention made of any scheduling conflict in connection with Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign,” Kaplan wrote in the letter. “It has come to our attention, however, that a campaign event featuring Mr. Trump has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 17, in New Hampshire.”

“We further note that, today, Mr. Trump posted a statement on Truth Social in which he falsely wrote that he had moved to adjourn the upcoming trial only for ‘one day’ and that the trial ‘could have taken place at any time, including months ago,’” the letter reads.

Also, the funeral is in Florida.  How much "traveling with family" would he have to do? 

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 05:08 pm:  He told his Iowa supporters that the judge can do whatever he wants, but "we're going to that funeral."