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President Donald Trump announced Dean John Sauer as his solicitor general in a statement released last week.
Trump shared the news in a statement posted to his Truth Social account.
“I am pleased to announce that Dean John Sauer will serve as Solicitor General of the United States in my Administration. John is a deeply accomplished, masterful appellate attorney, who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia in the United States Supreme Court, served as Solicitor General of Missouri for six years, and has extensive experience practicing before the U.S. Supreme Court and other Appellate Courts,” Trump wrote.
“Most recently, John was the lead counsel representing me in the Supreme Court in Trump v. United States, winning a Historic Victory on Presidential Immunity, which was key to defeating the unConstitutional campaign of Lawfare against me and the entire MAGA Movement,” he continued.
“John was a Rhodes Scholar, graduated from Duke University, Oxford University and is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard Law School. John will be a great Champion for us as we Make America Great Again,” Trump concluded.
Sauer served as solicitor general of Missouri from 2017 to 2023. He also represented Trump in his successful appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. United States, Fox News reported.
The move adds to Trump’s efforts to add members from his past legal team to his new White House administration.
“Trump’s announcement that he intends to nominate Sauer came shortly after Trump revealed that he also intends to nominate Todd Blanche, a criminal defense attorney who represented the president-elect at his state criminal trial in New York for falsifying business records, as deputy attorney general, the second-highest-ranking job in the Department of Justice,” SCOTUS Blog reported.
The announcement adds to several early decisions from Trump concerning his new leadership team. He first announced Suzie Wiles as White House chief of staff, making her the first woman to serve in the role.
Trump also announced Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State last week, along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as the director of Health and Human Services and Doug Burgum as the Secretary of the Interior.
