D. John Sauer
Dean John Sauer (born November 13, 1974) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the Solicitor General of Missouri from 2017 to 2023. He also represented former President Donald Trump in his successful appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. United States.[1]
D. John Sauer | |
|---|---|
| Solicitor General of the United States | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| Attorney General | Matt Gaetz (nominee) |
| Succeeding | Elizabeth Prelogar |
| Solicitor General of Missouri | |
| In office January 9, 2017 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Attorney General | Josh Hawley Eric Schmitt |
| Preceded by | James Layton |
| Succeeded by | Joshua Divine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dean John Sauer November 13, 1974 Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | |
Early life
changeSauer was born on November 13, 1974. He was raised in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Sauer graduated from Duke University in 1997. He then studied at Oriel College at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.[2][3] He later went to University of Notre Dame and then Harvard Law School.[4]
Legal career
changeSauer worked as a litigation associate at Cooper & Kirk and then became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.[5]
In 2015, Sauer successfully vindicated a priest who had been falsely accused of sexually abusing children.[6][7]
In January 2017, then-Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley made Sauer Solicitor General of Missouri.[8]
On January 9, 2024, he represented former President Donald Trump in oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit about the issue of presidential immunity in the criminal case of United States of America v. Donald J. Trump.[9]
U.S. Solicitor General
changeOn November 14, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he planned to nominate Sauer to serve as the next Solicitor General of the United States.[10]
References
change- ↑ U.S. Court of Appeals. District of Columbia Circuit. (9 January 2024). "District of Columbia Circuit Court Oral Arguments on Former President Trump's Immunity Claims". C-SPAN. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ "Duke University Alumni Magazine". Duke. 1998-08-01. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ↑ "32 American College Students Are Named Rhodes Scholars". The New York Times. December 9, 1996. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ↑ Parker, Shannon (January 29, 2009). "LN Ten Most Interesting: John Sauer". Laude News. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ↑ "WULS: Faculty Profiles". Washington University School of Law. June 15, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ↑ AP (June 17, 2015). "Abuse charges dropped against St. Louis priest". Retrieved November 18, 2024.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Jiang v. Porter et al". Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ↑ Mannies, Jo (February 10, 2017). "Missouri Attorney General Hawley addresses Democrats' residency concerns, rents apartment". KWMU. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ↑ U.S. Court of Appeals. District of Columbia Circuit. (9 January 2024). "District of Columbia Circuit Court Oral Arguments on Former President Trump's Immunity Claims". C-SPAN. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ Wegmann, Philip [@PhilipWegmann] (November 14, 2024). "News: Trump announces former Rep. Doug Collins as his nominee to be Veterans Affairs secretary" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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