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President Donald Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for previous federal investigations, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Trump’s “potential windfall,” funded by “U.S. taxpayers,” would need approval from a “Justice Department he has publicly said works for him,” The Washington Post said, and specifically from top DOJ officials “who represented Trump in the investigations at the center of his claims.” Asked about the reports, Trump said Tuesday that the government owed him “a lot of money” and any payout decision “would have to go across my desk.”

Who said what

Trump filed claims with the Justice Department in 2023 and 2024 for alleged damages he suffered from investigations into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russ

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