Donald Trump has said his hush money criminal trial was "very hard" for his wife, former first lady Melania Trump.
He became the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime when he was found guilty on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the case stemming from a hush money payment made to adult movie actor Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign.
He was accused of attempting to bury news of an alleged extramarital sexual encounter. Trump has denied having sex with Daniels, and has vehemently criticized the jury's verdict.
While several of Trump's family members attended the trial to show support for him, Melania Trump stayed away from the Manhattan courthouse.
In an interview that aired on Fox & Friends on Sunday, Trump said she is "fine," but that "it's very hard for her."
"It's tougher, I think it's probably in many ways, it's tougher on my family than it is on me," he said.
Asked how Melania was doing, he said: "She's fine, but I think it's very hard for her. I mean, she's fine. But it's, you know, she has to read all this c***."
During the trial, Daniels relayed in graphic detail the sexual encounter she claims she had with Trump in his hotel suite after they met at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006. Trump has been married to Melania Trump since 2005.
A Trump spokesperson has been contacted for further comment via email.
As well as being absent from the courtroom, Melania Trump was also not by Trump's side when he delivered a speech in response to the verdict on Friday.
While other family members posted messages of condemnation on social media after the verdict, her silence online has also raised questions.
Trump's former press secretary Stephanie Grisham said last month that Trump was "absolutely" bothered that his wife and his daughter Ivanka Trump did not attend his trial.
"Absolutely, I know it bothers him. That kind of thing would bother him. If Mrs. Trump wasn't at some event and it was really noted, he would definitely bring it up with her," she said on CNN. "So I'm sure in this context, it's definitely really bothering him."
Trump remains free on his own recognizance after the verdict, but he will have to return to the Manhattan courtroom on July 11 to be sentenced. That will be just days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where GOP leaders are set to formally make him their nominee for the November election.
Trump has been charged in three other criminal cases, but it is not clear if any of them will go to trial before November. The 2020 election interference case in Washington remains on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court considers Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution for actions taken while in the White House.
Update 6/2/24, 7 a.m. ET: This article has been updated to add additional information.
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