On immunity and impeachment, Donald Trump and his lawyers made one argument in 2021 and the opposite argument in 2024. As Donald Trump’s lawyer, D. John Sauer, tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that his client should have immunity from prosecution , there was a phrase the defense attorney turned to on several occasions. “A former president,” Sauer said , “has permanent criminal immunity for his official acts, unless he was first impeached and convicted” in Congress. What if a president