Top House Democrats accuse Trump of illegal scheme to pilfer $230m in taxpayer money

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Top House Democrats accuse Trump of illegal scheme to pilfer $230m in taxpayer money
Lawmakers say Trump as president would decide whether Trump as claimant be paid for investigations into Trump as defendant
Joseph Gedeon in Washington
Thu 23 Oct 2025 13.16 EDT


Top House Democrats have accused Donald Trump of orchestrating an illegal scheme to pay himself $230m in taxpayer money, demanding he immediately abandon claims they say violate the constitution.

The representative Jamie Raskin, ranking member on the House judiciary committee, and the representative Robert Garcia, ranking member of the oversight committee, sent a letter to the president on Thursday condemning his plan to use a confidential administrative process to direct treasury funds into his own pocket.

“Your plan to have your obedient underlings at the Department of Justice instruct the US Treasury to pay you, personally, hundreds of millions of dollars – especially at a time when most Americans are struggling to pay rent, put food on the table, and afford health care – is an outrageous and shocking attempt to shake down the American people,” the lawmakers wrote.

The letter also comes as Democracy Forward, a leading legal advocacy group, filed a public records request on Wednesday seeking documents related to Trump’s claims for restitution over those same earlier Department of Justice cases against him.

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