Trump wants $230 million from DOJ for investigating him: NYT
By: Dan Mangan (CNBC)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
- President Donald Trump wants the Department of Justice to pay him $230 million in compensation for criminal investigations.
- The New York Times reported that Trump has submitted complaints against the DOJ through an administrative claims process.
President Donald Trump has demanded that the Department of Justice pay him a whopping $230 million in compensation for its criminal investigations of him after his first term in the White House ended, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
The Times noted that any potential settlement might have to be approved by people he has appointed during his second term.
One of them, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, previously represented Trump as a defense attorney in criminal cases against the president.
Trump submitted complaints related to the DOJ's probes "through an administrative claim process that is often the precursor to lawsuits," the newspaper reported.
One claim, submitted in 2023, requests damages in connection with the DOJ's investigation of interference in the 2016 presidential election by Russia and potential connections to Trump's campaign that year, the Times said.
The other claim, filed in mid-2024, accuses the FBI of violating Trump's rights by conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago club and residence in 2022 as part of an investigation into his retention of classified government documents after leaving the White House at the end of his first term.
Trump was indicted in federal court in Florida in connection with that investigation on charges of retaining those records and of interfering in efforts by federal authorities to recover them.
A judge tossed out that case, and the DOJ ultimately dropped an appeal of her decision and the entire case after Trump won the 2024 election.
The Times noted that Trump alluded to his claims during an event last week in the Oval Office, while standing next to Blanche, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.
"I have a lawsuit that was doing very well, and when I became president, I said, I'm sort of suing myself. I don't know, how do you settle the lawsuit, I'll say give me X dollars, and I don't know what to do with the lawsuit," Mr. Trump said.
"It sort of looks bad, I'm suing myself, right?" Trump said. "So I don't know. But that was a lawsuit that was very strong, very powerful."
The White House referred questions from CNBC about the Times article to the DOJ. CNBC has requested comment from the DOJ.
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If you pay taxes Trump wants YOU to pay him for his crimes.
Since the people making the decision will be Trump's appointees, this will be the quickest and easiest $230 million grift Trump ever received.
This is what a country finds out when they fuck around and put a person like this in power. Its that simple.
Trump has LOST every single one of his recent civil or criminal cases that went to a jury or bench verdict.
Why would we pay him for committing acts that would highly likely result in him being convicted and going to prison?
Because he said so. He's the boss, the people making the decision are owned by him and if you or anyone doesn't like it that's just too bad. His probable response: So, sue me.
Maybe we need another No Kings protest this weekend.
There should be.
Don't you love the idiotic right winger complaint (scripted and provided to them by the RNC) that goes something like "There hasn't been a King since 1776 so these people are so ignorant the don't know what they're talking about." They must be even stupider than they seem.
willful ignorance/stupidity is one of the foundational cornerstones of maga ideology.
And what would that accomplish?
Just to make sure he is happy, when Bondi hands him the cash she'll drop to her knees, pull down his diaper, and give him a deep mushroom cleaning.
Keep the pressure on, plus it's good exercise... walking.
A better way to do that is to bring forth candidates and a campaign that leaves no doubt MAGA would be toast in the next two elections.
I haven't seen a lot of walking in our local protests. Just loitering on the busiest street corner.
I'm all for that.
have the mint stamp a brass $260 million coin with POS/POTUS's likeness on it, and "not legal tender" in latin under it. ezpz
So, he’s just gonna write himself a check, I guess.
Wow. Ya think?
Zero Republicans will speak out against this.
Oh, he knows.
Not a single one.
Yep, pretty much, and taxpayers will foot the bill....and in the distance, the cheers of the right wing as they work an extra shift at the Tilt-A-Whirl, robbing a liquor store or burning a cross after they fuck their sisters and eat a mayo sandwich.
No matter what Trump does, his supporters cultishly defend him.
The true 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' is the delusion of Trump being a good (or, rather, not being a terrible) PotUS. Supporting and defending this abysmal human being is irrational, irresponsible, and unpatriotic.
Can you imagine if Biden did this? Holy crap.
We don’t even need to imagine. The amount of angst, whining, and pearl clutching over Hunter’s laptop was nonstop and deafening. Trump engages in much more blatant corruption on a daily basis and no one in his party says a fucking word.
What was on Hunter Biden's laptop? The Republicans have had it in their possession for years.
To listen to the right the laptop contained evidence of the biggest scandal in US history. Funny how nothing came of it.
That's a lie, the FBI seized it from the repair shop the republicans never had it.
Before handing it to the FBI, Mac Isaac made a copy of the laptop’s hard drive, which he gave to Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal attorney. Giuliani then shared the contents with Republican allies and media outlets, including the New York Post, which published the initial story in October 2020.
Republican lawmakers and committees later used the data from the hard drive in investigations and hearings, particularly focusing on Hunter Biden’s business dealings and alleged influence-peddling.
If the laptop contained evidence of the scandal of the century why havent we heard about it ?
And who was that judge? Another Barbie Bimbo who was cleaning trmp's mushroom (thanks, Oz!)