Melania Trump was photographed leaving her New York City residence on Tuesday, marking her first public sighting since her husband, Donald Trump, was convicted in his hush money criminal trial.
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In photographs published by the New York Post, the former first lady, 54, is seen wearing a golden brown jumpsuit while stepping out of the Trump Tower skyscraper with her 18-year-old son, Barron Trump, in tow. Keeping her head down, Melania Trump made her way into a black Secret Service SUV, into which at least seven Louis Vuitton luggage bags were loaded, according to the publication. Also placed into the bulletproof vehicle, per the Post, were a number garment totes emblazoned with Barron Trump's initials.
According to the Post, the vehicle left for neighboring New Jersey, where the Trumps own an estate at Bedminster. The outing marks the first time Melania Trump has been seen in public in almost two weeks. It was reported that she had been holed up in her penthouse in the Manhattan landmark since May 23.
Newsweek has contacted representatives of Melania Trump via a website request form for comment. Questions regarding Melania Trump's whereabouts have flooded social media for a number of weeks, after the Slovenia native was not seen in court for the entirety of her husband's high-profile criminal trial, which took place in New York City.
Donald Trump, 77, was found guilty on May 30 of all 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment. The former president was accused of arranging shortly before the 2016 election for his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she alleged she had with Donald Trump.