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Trump wants DOJ to pay him $230 million for previous investigations: Sources

Trump is seeking a settlement for two Justice Department probes that he faced.

ByAlexander Mallin,Luke Barr andKatherine Faulders
October 21, 2025


President Donald Trump is pressing for his Justice Department to pay roughly $230 million as a settlement for investigations he faced during the Biden administration and his first term in office, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News Tuesday.

The extraordinary arrangement, as first reported by The New York Times, would likely first need sign-off from top officials in the department who previously served as Trump's defense attorneys or otherwise represented his allies.

The settlement negotiations stem from two separate administrative claims that were submitted by attorneys for Trump while he was out of office in 2023 and 2024. One sought damages over the investigation he and those in his orbit faced surrounding ties his 2016 campaign had to the Russian government.

The second claim, which was previously reported publicly last year, related to accusations that he was prosecuted maliciously by then-special counsel Jack Smith and that his privacy rights were violated when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents in August of 2022...

Trump Is Completely Clueless When Asked About The $230 Million DOJ Compensation

If Biden had responded to a question like this, The Corporate News Media, the GOP and mofos on this forum would be foaming at the mouth about Biden being “Old And Incompetent”

 
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