Mediaite reports:
Justice Samuel Alito asked Sauer if the president is immune from prosecution for unlawful acts if they are committed by the president in his official capacity. “Absolutely, Your Honor,” insisted Sauer. “We have the historical precedent of President Grant sending federal troops to Louisiana and Mississippi in 1876 to make sure that the Republican electors got certified in those two cases, which delivered the election to Rutherford B. Hayes.”
“Knowing that the slate is fake? Knowing that the slate is fake, that they weren’t actually elected, that they weren’t certified by the state? He knows all those things,” interjected Sotomayor. “I dispute that characterization,” replied Sauer. “The indictment affixes the word label to the so-called fraudulent electors, it affixed the word fraudulent. But that’s a complete mischaracterization.”
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Sotomayor: What is plausible the president creating a fraudulent slate of electoral candidates? Is that plausible that would be within his right to do?
Sauer: Absolutely pic.twitter.com/VxYZ5m4wXK
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