Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he has “concerns” about President Trump’s “odd” bid to seek $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department for what the president says were politically motivated prosecutions of him under former President Biden.

Tillis acknowledged that Trump may be entitled to some compensation if the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigations of him for inciting insurrection after the 2020 election and mishandling classified documents while out of office were improper.

But the North Carolina Republican called Trump’s efforts to win damages from the Justice Department “odd” at a time when the deputy attorney general who would need to sign off on a settlement is his former defense lawyer Todd Blanche.

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