Trump Demands Justice Department Pay Him $230 Million

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/21/trump-demands-justice-department-pay-him-230-million/

Trump Demands Justice Department Pay Him $230 Million
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

“President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit,” the New York Times reports.

“The situation has no parallel in American history, as Mr. Trump, a presidential candidate, was pursued by federal law enforcement and eventually won the election, taking over the very government that must now review his claims. It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the president’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department.”

[Ocelot II]

1. And it will, too. AG Barbie will write the check herself.

[ok_cpu]

2. My mind broke reading that article

Just one, big, giant, middle-fingered grift.

Republicans used to at least pretend when it was there usual "socialize the costs, privatize the profits" way of raiding the cookie jar. This guy just sticks his whole face in.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. You got to be kidding

trump is insane

Breaking News: President Trump wants 0 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-10-21T18:34:38.421458Z

[Zackzzzz]

4. With all the unbelievable news that we've been hit with JUST today

What's in store for us Tomorrow.

[allegorical oracle]

5. Well, it's not like he's grifted -- and still grifting -- off the presidency, or

something.

Guarantee that he'll figure out a way to profit off his ballroom, too. He's one high-maintenance M-Fker.

[babylonsister]

8. Greedy, too. Extremely. nt

[Easterncedar]

6. He will die owning all the things

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. MaddowBlog-Trump eyes $230 million payout from Justice Dept. as repayment for earlier investigations

“What a travesty,” one ethics lawyer said. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”

Mike Johnson won't swear in Adelita Grijalva. So we're suing. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... GOOD! Mike Johnson is a weak little man who thinks he works for the Disease in the White House. He is paid by & works for the American People.

— Liberty & Justice (@stand4truth.bsky.social) 2025-10-21T22:11:10.455Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-eyes-230-million-payout-justice-dept-repayment-earlier-investiga-rcna238987

After whining about the FBI’s court-approved search of Mar-a-Lago and peddling a variety of false and familiar claims about his classified documents scandal, the Republican said, “I have a lawsuit that was doing very well, and when I became president, I said I’m sort of suing myself.”

He quickly added, “I don’t know, how do you settle the lawsuit? I’ll say, ‘Give me X dollars,’ right?”

The comments went largely unremarked, although they’re suddenly relevant anew. The New York Times reported:

President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit.

......Will such a gambit succeed? The Times’ report added, “According to the Justice Department manual, settlements of claims against the department for more than $4 million ‘must be approved by the deputy attorney general or associate attorney general,’ meaning the person who oversees the agency’s civil division.”

The deputy attorney general, it just so happens, led Trump’s criminal defense team before he was tapped to lead the DOJ. What’s more, the chief of the department’s civil division, Stanley Woodward Jr., also represented people in Trump’s orbit, including a Trump co-defendant and Patel (before the latter was confirmed to lead the FBI).

Bennett Gershman, an ethics professor at Pace University, told the Times, “What a travesty. The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”

He added, “And then to have people in the Justice Department decide whether his claim should be successful or not, and these are the people who serve him deciding whether he wins or loses. It’s bizarre and almost too outlandish to believe.”

[dalton99a]

9. And if the DOJ doesn't pay Trump $230M in 30 days, he'll add penalty and interest and make it $500M

Don't delay or he'll own the DOJ building and all physical assets

[NameAlreadyTaken]

10. It gets more bizarre every day.