WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress launched an investigation into what they described as a “blatantly illegal and unconstitutional" scheme by President Donald Trump to secure a financial payout from the Justice Department — potentially north of $200 million — over the criminal prosecution into his handling of classified documents after leaving office in 2021 and the probe into his 2016 campaign's potential Russian connections.

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Democrats in Congress launched an investigation into what they described as a “blatantly illegal and unconstitutional" scheme by President Donald Trump to secure a financial payout from the Justice Department — potentially north of $200 million

According to the Justice Department’s rules, a settlement of more than $4 million “must be approv

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