President-elect Trump introduced Dean John Sauer as his decide for U.S. solicitor basic.
“John is a deeply achieved, masterful appellate lawyer, who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia in america Supreme Court docket, served as Solicitor Common of Missouri for six years, and has in depth expertise working towards earlier than the U.S. Supreme Court docket and different Appellate Courts,” Trump mentioned within the announcement on Tuesday night.
Former President Donald Trump flanked by lawyer John Lauro, left, and D. John Sauer, on the Waldorf Astoria resort after attending a listening to of the D.C. Circuit Court docket of Appeals, in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Publish by way of Getty Pictures)
Sauer served as solicitor basic of Missouri from 2017 to 2023, and represented Trump in his profitable attraction to the U.S. Supreme Court docket in Trump v. United States.
“Most just lately, John was the lead counsel representing me within the Supreme Court docket in Trump v. United States, profitable a Historic Victory on Presidential Immunity, which was key to defeating the unconstitutional marketing campaign of Lawfare towards me and the complete MAGA Motion,” Trump mentioned.
D. John Sauer, particular assistant to the Louisiana lawyer basic listens throughout a listening to with the Home Judiciary Subcommittee in Washington, D.C., in 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)
Sauer was a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Duke College, Oxford College and is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Legislation College.
“John will likely be an incredible Champion for us as we Make America Nice Once more!” Trump mentioned.
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