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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 14, 2025

Dean John Sauer was confirmed as U.S. solicitor general and the Trump administration’s top lawyer for Supreme Court cases in a 52-45 Senate vote, Bloomberg reports. Sauer, a former federal prosecutor and Missouri solicitor general, successfully argued before the Supreme Court last year on behalf of former President Donald Trump in his bid for immunity from criminal prosecution related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Additionally, the Senate confirmed attorney Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, also in a 52-45 vote. Dhillon will oversee both criminal and civil matters, including hate crime prosecutions, voting rights litigation and investigations into law enforcement agencies for patterns of discrimination.