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

President Donald Trump is pushing the Justice Department to pay about $230 million to settle two administrative claims over probes he faced during the Biden administration and his first term, ABC News confirmed. The claims target the 2016 Russia inquiry and allege malicious prosecution by then-special counsel Jack Smith, plus privacy violations from the 2022 Mar-a-Lago search. In Oval Office remarks alongside top law-enforcement officials, Trump acknowledged the awkward optics of approving a payout as sitting president, saying he’d donate any money to charity. Any deal would require sign-off by senior DOJ leaders who previously represented Trump or his allies.

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