Trump breaks his silence on how Melania and Barron are faring since secret trial guilty verdict – and addresses fears he could be jailed or under house arrest

Donald Trump revealed how his family handled his conviction and said he was ready to face his conviction in a new interview.

A New York jury on Thursday found the former president guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying secret payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and he will be sentenced July 11 and faces up to four years in prison.

During the five-week trial, his youngest son Barron and his wife Melania Trump were noticeably absent from the courtroom.

In an interview with Fox & Friends Weekend, the ex-president shared that the trial and verdict had been difficult for his family.

“It’s harder, I think it’s probably, in many ways, harder on my family than it is on me,” Trump said.

“I have a wonderful wife who has to listen to this stuff all the time,” he said. “I think it’s very difficult for her, you know she has to read all this s**t.”

Trump said his son Barron, 18, a recent Oxbridge Academy graduate, was focused on his future.

‘He is incredible. He is tall, handsome, and a very good student. He applied to college and gets in everywhere he goes, you know? He is very sought after from this point of view, he is a very intelligent guy,” declared the ex-president.

“He’s a very big guy and he’s a great kid. He’s cool. He’s pretty cool, I’ll tell you that.

Trump’s legal team is expected to appeal, but the unprecedented conviction sets off a process that all convicted felons face in Manhattan’s criminal justice system.

During the five-week trial, prosecutors alleged a plot by Trump to “corrupt” the 2016 election by hiding a secret $130,000 payment by his “fixer” Michael Cohen to the porn star Stormy Daniels.

Daniels alleged that she and Trump had sex ten years earlier, which he denied.

The case featured explosive evidence from Daniels and lifted the lid on the “catch and kill” practices of the National Enquirer tabloid, which bought stories that could harm Trump and deleted them.

But the actual criminal charges concern something more prosaic: reimbursements that Trump signed for Cohen for payment.

The reimbursements, paid by Trump in monthly installments, were recorded as legal fees.

Prosecutors say it was a fraudulent label intended to conceal the purpose of the secret transaction and illegally interfere in the 2016 election.

Defense attorneys argued that Cohen actually did important legal work for Trump and his family and was paid for it.

The sentencing will mark the start of a 30-day deadline for the former president to appeal — a lengthy process that some legal experts say will be an uphill battle for Trump.

“I did absolutely nothing wrong,” Trump said. “I paid legal fees and they say it’s fraud.”

“It was a difficult place. We tried to get out of the room, we tried to get out of the judge, we tried to get out of both, without even thinking about it. To me, we probably had the worst area in the entire country.

“But the good news is I think we set a record beyond all records in fundraising,” he said.

The former president proclaimed his innocence but said he was ready to face conviction.

‘I agree with that. Don’t beg for anything, that’s how it is,” he said.

Regarding the possibility that he could go to prison, he said: “I’m not sure the public would accept it. I think it would be difficult for the audience to accept, at some point there is a breaking point.

Trump supporters called for murder following his criminal conviction, with some saying it was “time to start killing (shooting) some leftists” and suggesting “someone should take care of” the judge who presided over the case.

Others have shared photos of upside-down American flags — a symbol used by insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — prompting many to wonder if a similar event will occur during his sentencing.