Conservative Legal Superstar John Yoo Declares Trump Would ‘Be in Jail Right Now’ Without The Federalist Society

Isaac Schorr Jun 3rd, 2025, 12:42 pm

LEFT: John Yoo (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) RIGHT: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Conservative legal expert John Yoo rebuked President Donald Trump over his attacks on Leonard Leo and The Federalist Society in a new interview with Yoo asserted Trump would be “in jail right now” without the conservative legal organization.

While Leo and The Federalist Society played a key role in helping Trump pick out judicial nominations during his first term in the White House, the president recently slammed Leo and “FedSoc,” as it’s referred to colloquially in a Truth Social post that saw him call Leo “a bad person who, in his own w

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