Trump personally demands 230 million of your tax dollars - The 11th Hour - MSNBC

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According to the New York Times, Donald Trump is demanding the DOJ hand over $230 million as a "settlement" because of the department's criminal investigations into him before the election. The final decision would be made by Trump's handpicked DOJ officials, some of whom used to be his personal lawyers. Jeff Mason, Sam Stein, and David Jolly join Stephanie Ruhle on The 11th Hour. - Aired on 10/21/2025.

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1. Allow me to translate:

Because Mitch McConnell coerced Republican members of the Senate not to vote to convict TSF for impeachment the first time and the second time, McConnell put a potential tab of $230 million on taxpayers. And we don't get anything for the money we paid.

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2. And what is he getting this for? An enormous gift for feeling bad? Shouldn't he bring his complaint to a judge?

(Like he always does??) It's beyond me that any judge would give anyone a reward for being "investigated" - exactly what he is doing to James Comey, Letitia James and John Bolton right now. How much will their "reward" be when they "win?"

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3. And even if TSF is successful in getting the $230 million, you know he'll find

something else in the future to demand his protection money.

Why isn't this considered a RICO crime?

And it sets a bad precedent for ANY individual(s) who are called to testify before Congress and they aren't charged? He, She, They will expect to be compensated for their trouble.

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4. MaddowBlog-Trump insists he's entitled to 'a lot' of taxpayer money following DOJ investigations

After The New York Times reported that the president “is demanding" that the Justice Department pay him $230 million, he candidly confirmed the story.

The circumstances remain head-spinning:

- The DOJ investigated a suspected criminal

- The suspected criminal then took control over the DOJ

- The suspected criminal now expects the DOJ to stuff “a lot” of taxpayer money into his pockets to satisfy his self-pitying sense of entitlement

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-22T15:04:04.499Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-insists-s-entitled-lot-taxpayer-money-doj-investigations-rcna239115

Shortly after the newspaper’s report reached the public, Trump fielded some questions from journalists at a White House event, who were naturally interested in knowing whether the reporting was correct. Oddly enough, the Republican confirmed the entire story. NBC News reported:

President Donald Trump acknowledged to reporters Monday that he’s seeking up to hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the federal government for its scuttled investigations and prosecutions of him.

Despite painfully obvious concerns about corruption, the president was quite candid about his perspective, declaring during an unrelated Oval Office gathering that Justice Department officials “owe me a lot of money.”

As part of the same Q&A, while claiming he was “damaged very greatly” by the investigations into his many alleged felonies, Trump added that it would ultimately be up to him to approve a payout to himself.....

What does this have to do with the investigations he’s spent years whining about? Trump didn’t say. In context, it seemed he just wanted to throw this nonsensical and discredited conspiracy theory into his remarks.

The head-spinning circumstances remain utterly bizarre:

The Justice Department investigated a suspected criminal.

The suspected criminal was then elected president, enabling him to take control of the Justice Department.

The suspected criminal now expects the Justice Department to stuff “a lot” of taxpayer money into his pockets — not because he earned it, but because of his conspiratorial, self-pitying sense of entitlement.

As for what, exactly, the president might do with the money if he were to approve a $230 million shakedown for himself, Trump said at the White House event that he’d “do something nice” with the funds, including possibly devoting some or all of the money to his ballroom project. Watch this space.