Chief Justice Roberts challenged the claim that presidential immunity could protect a president from bribery charges by highlighting scenarios involving corrupt acts such as appointing ambassadors in exchange for bribes.
Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, referred to a court precedent to argue that bribery is not an official act, contrasting it with legitimate presidential duties like ambassador appointments.
Roberts continued to press Sauer on the boundaries of official acts concerning bribery, emphasizing the distinction between accepting a bribe as a private act and appointing ambassadors as an official presidential duty.
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