Lawrence Hurley covers the Supreme Court for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has long argued for absolute immunity in his federal election interference case, but his lawyer struck a different tone Thursday during arguments at the Supreme Court. With the justices appeared largely skeptical of the argument that the entire indictment against Trump should be dismissed, attorney D. John Sauer made some concessions.
Those men were allegedly involved in the so-called fake electors scheme, which could have created the appearance of a disputed election and given Vice President Mike Pence a pretext to block congressional certification, even though the role of the vice president in that proceeding is largely ceremonial. Pence did not go along with the scheme, and he privately relayed to Trump that he did not see evidence of election fraud sufficient to determine the outcome.
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