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Former President Donald Trump has attacked Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist presiding over his criminal hush money case in Manhattan, with one particular line: that he didn’t immediately grant the former president time off to attend his fifth child Barron’s high school graduation. Trump’s one-time attorney Michael Cohen discussed Trump’s complaint on the “Political Beatdown” podcast with Ben Meiselas on Tuesday during a heated conversation about the former president. “I wasn’t aware that he went to any of the kids’ graduations,” said Cohen. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest…