By — News Desk News Desk Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/listen-justice-coney-barrett-asks-trump-lawyer-why-impeachment-gateway-would-only-apply-to-the-president Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LISTEN: Justice Coney Barrett asks Trump lawyer why impeachment ‘gateway’ would only apply to the president Politics Apr 25, 2024 4:02 PM EDT Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked former President Donald Trump’s lawyer D. John Sauer Thursday why his defense believes impeachment being the “gateway” to criminal prosecution applies only to the president, and not to any other impeachable official. LISTEN: Justice Jackson asks what stops presidents from committing crimes if they’re immune from prosecution Sauer has argued that impeachment and conviction is necessary as a precursor to criminal conviction. In response to Coney Barrett’s question, Sauer said former Solicitor General Robert Bork explicitly determined that was the case in 1973. “He said the sequence is mandatory only as to the president. That is DOJ’s view of the original understanding of the impeachment judgment clause, which is exactly our position,” Sauer said. By — News Desk News Desk
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked former President Donald Trump’s lawyer D. John Sauer Thursday why his defense believes impeachment being the “gateway” to criminal prosecution applies only to the president, and not to any other impeachable official. LISTEN: Justice Jackson asks what stops presidents from committing crimes if they’re immune from prosecution Sauer has argued that impeachment and conviction is necessary as a precursor to criminal conviction. In response to Coney Barrett’s question, Sauer said former Solicitor General Robert Bork explicitly determined that was the case in 1973. “He said the sequence is mandatory only as to the president. That is DOJ’s view of the original understanding of the impeachment judgment clause, which is exactly our position,” Sauer said.