Chief Justice John Roberts grilled former President Donald Trump’s attorney over his argument that presidential immunity could cover bribery.
During oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Thursday, the Republican nominee’s lawyer, John Sauer, claimed that a president could not be charged with bribery due to presidential immunity.
Trump’s legal counsel has argued for months that the former president cannot be charged with alleged crimes he committed while in office due to the statute. The immunity arguments paused Trump’s criminal trial in DC over his actions on January 6th, 2021.
Roberts pressed Sauer by asking if he was arguing a president could not be prosecuted for bribery because it “falls within the president’s official duties.”
ROBERTS: What if you have, let’s say the official act is appointing ambassadors and the president appoints a particular individual to a country. But it’s in exchange for a bribe. Somebody says, I’ll give you $1 million if I made the …
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