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In Vino Veritas
Trump’s lawyer said the quiet part out loud at the Supreme Court just now.
“Justice Sotomayor pushed Trump’s attorney on just how far presidential immunity could go, raising the hypothetical scenario of a military coup by an ex-president.
“How about if a president orders the military to stage a coup?” Sotomayor asked.
“If it’s an official act, there needs to be impeachment and conviction beforehand” through Congress, Trump’s attorney, D. John Sauer, said.
Sotomayor asked if Sauer believed such a coup would be an “official act.”
“On the way you described that hypothetical, it could well be,” Sauer said.
“That sure sounds bad, doesn’t it?” Sotomayor said.”