Melania, Barron Trump spotted for first time since Donald’s historic ‘hush money’ conviction

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Former first lady Melania Trump stepped out of Trump Tower with piles of luggage and son Barron in tow Tuesday — the first time she has been seen since her husband’s conviction in a Manhattan hush money trial last week.

Melania, wearing a chic gold-brown jumpsuit and clutching a matching purse, kept her head down as she walked out of the Midtown skyscraper and ducked into a bulletproof Secret Service SUV. Barron, 18, towered behind her in a blue suit and white shirt, while opting against a necktie.

At least seven Louis Vuitton luggage bags and several garment totes emblazoned with the former first son’s initials were piled into the black SUV.

After the mother and son were loaded in, the vehicle took off toward New Jersey, where the family owns a “safe haven” estate at Bedminster. The sighting marks the first time Melania has broken cover in nearly two weeks, with the 54-year-old believed to have been holed up in her lavish penthouse since May 23.

According to reports, the former first lady was there when former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal evidence of hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.The 45th president said over the weekend that Melania and Barron have been suffering the most in the days since the guilty verdict in the case brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.

“I think in many ways it’s tougher on them than it is on me,” said Trump, 77, who charged that the trial was a scheme by “bad people” to “create havoc.”

Trump added that constant speculation about an affair with Daniels — which the former president has denied — has weighed especially heavy on his wife. Barron Trump graduated from Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Fla. May 17, a ceremony Donald Trump was granted permission to attend by trial judge Juan Merchan.

“He’s tall, good-looking, he’s a very good student,” the elder Trump told “Fox & Friends Weekend”. “He’s applied to colleges and gets into everywhere he goes, you know? He’s very sought after from the standpoint. He’s a very smart guy.”