D. John SAUER - got Krasnov immunity, now running the tariffs case - decision in "weeks" [View all]

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-lawyer-could-pull-off-090000503.html

.... Sauer exhibited his usual rapid-paced, overconfident style at the courtroom lectern as he seemed to channel Trump. He faced considerable skepticism from justices for his assertion of unilateral tariff power, yet key justices also poked holes in the challengers’ arguments. ....

Yet Sauer has previously pulled out surprising results, as in 2024 when, serving then as Trump’s personal lawyer, he won him substantial immunity from criminal prosecution.

Whatever the majority view when the justices left the elevated bench Wednesday, important negotiations and their own internal advocacy will now occur behind closed doors. If past practice holds, the nine justices will vote on Friday in a small room off the chambers of Chief Justice John Roberts and then begin drafting opinions, a process likely to take weeks. ....

Sauer, who will turn 51 next week, has been in sync with Trump since he began defending him in late 2023 during Trump’s personal battle against charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump was accused of election fraud, conspiracy and other offenses in protest of the valid results that gave the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Sauer persuaded the Supreme Court to give Trump substantial immunity, and the case never went to trial. ....

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