Ben Shapiro Hits Trump for Seeking $230 Million From DOJ: ‘Rife With Conflicts Of Interest’

Willa Pope Robbins Oct 24th, 2025, 6:01 pm

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Conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro took issue with President Donald Trump’s push to receive millions of dollars in damages from the Department of Justice on Friday, warning that the move could lead to “a massive number of lawsuits or even an impeachment in the House.”

The president is seeking a payout of $230 million as compensation for investigations the DOJ conducted into his affairs. According to the complaints submitted by Trump under the federal government’s administrative claim process, these include “Russian election tampering and possible connections to the 2016 Trump campaign,” the FBI

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