Trump Wants The US Government To Pay Him $230 Million — And Critics Are Blowing Up Over It

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="68f866a5e4b0dbac4591dda1">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","mediaId":"d922788f-5eb5-4668-8ce0-b135f0f617ec"}).render("68f866a5e4b0dbac4591dda1");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p>President <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Donald Trump</a> is demanding the US Department of Justice <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-government-shutdown-live-updates_n_68dd6e42e4b06c0a3a8c0f14" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pay him $230 million</a> for expenses incurred while <span style="font-weight:400">defending himself against federal criminal investigations and charges, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html">The New York Times</a> reported on Tuesday.</span></p><p>The president has filed two administrative complaints against the DOJ, one for the investigation over 2016 Russian interference claims and the other for the investigation into mishandled classified information, the Times said.</p><p>Trump<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jus