Justice Elena Kagan pushed Trumps 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? Kagan asked.
If its an official act, there needs to be impeachment and conviction beforehand through Congress, Trumps attorney, D. John Sauer, said.
Kagan 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, doesnt it? Kagan said.
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