Trump’s $230 Million Grift: The White House Tries to Make the Justice Department Pay Trump
Trump floated the extraordinary idea that he might seek roughly $230 million from his own Justice Department over past federal investigations, turning a private grievance into a government payback scheme. The move underscored how thoroughly Trump had collapsed the boundary between presidential power and personal enrichment. It also handed critics an easy line: this was less accountability than an inside-the-government shakedown.
Trump floated the extraordinary idea that he might seek roughly $230 million from his own Justice Department over past federal investigations, turning a private grievance into a government payback scheme. The move underscored how thoroughly Trump had collapsed the boundary between presidential power and personal enrichment. It also handed critics an easy line: this was less accountability than an inside-the-governme…
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