President Trump demanded $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department for the federal investigations into him.
Any settlement must be approved by senior DOJ officials, according to The New York Times,
President Trump submitted his first complaint in 2023 and claimed his rights were violated during the special counsel investigation into whether Russia election meddling.
Trump’s second complaint, filed in summer 2024, is seeking damages over Biden’s FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago residence. Trump accused the DOJ of malicious prosecution.
The claim accuses former Attorney General Merrick Garland, former Special Counsel Jack Smith and former FBI Director Wray of “harassment” according to The Times.
“This malicious prosecution led President Trump to spend tens of millions of dollars defending the case and his reputation,” the claim said.
The New York Times reported:
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him, according to people familiar with the matter, who added that any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit.
The situation has no parallel in American history, as Mr. Trump, a presidential candidate, was pursued by federal law enforcement and eventually won the election, taking over the very government that must now review his claims. It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the president’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department.
Mr. Trump submitted complaints through an administrative claim process that often is the precursor to lawsuits. The first claim, lodged in late 2023, seeks damages for a number of purported violations of his rights, including the F.B.I. and special counsel investigation into Russian election tampering and possible connections to the 2016 Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the claim has not been made public.
The second complaint, filed in the summer of 2024, accuses the F.B.I. of violating Mr. Trump’s privacy by searching Mar-a-Lago, his club and residence in Florida, in 2022 for classified documents. It also accuses the Justice Department of malicious prosecution in charging him with mishandling sensitive records after he left office.
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