Trump sues his own Justice Dept. for $230 million

[Borg]

So now that he has his minions in place, he's going to sue them for the previous procecutions. Of course, they'll roll over and hand him the cash. Every day, brings yet another crime against this country. I just want to curse 24/7.

Trump eyes $230 million payout from Justice Dept. as repayment for earlier investigations

“What a travesty,” one ethics lawyer said. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”

www.msnbc.com

 

[jack action]

Sadly, everything turns around this:

[...], right up until 49.8% of American voters decided to return him to the White House, [...]

That is the will of the majority of people to give power to someone knowing that "federal officials pursued cases of alleged misconduct against a then-former president. The evidence was serious enough that the then-former president faced two federal criminal indictments and was charged with several felonies."

While the democracy is working perfectly well, it doesn't mean the People make the best decisions. Donald Trump did not take the power; it was given to him.

 

[fresh_42]

Sadly, everything turns around this:


That is the will of the majority of people to give power to someone knowing that "federal officials pursued cases of alleged misconduct against a then-former president. The evidence was serious enough that the then-former president faced two federal criminal indictments and was charged with several felonies."

While the democracy is working perfectly well, it doesn't mean the People make the best decisions. Donald Trump did not take the power; it was given to him.

Same as Hitler.

 

[EricDMMiller]

I don't see anything suspicious at all in demanding a payout from an agency that reports to the President, staffed by people he appointed who were his private lawyers that serve at his discretion and can be fired on his whim.

EDIT:

At least he explicitly states that he has final authority over the decision to pay himself $230M of taxpayer funds:

Trump says he has final say on paying himself $230m for past investigations

President says government owes him ‘a lot of money’ for federal investigations during and after first term

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump declared himself the arbiter of whether or not his own administration should pay him damages over past federal investigations, telling reporters that any such decision “would have to go across my desk”.

The president insisted on Tuesday that the government owes him “a lot of money” for previous justice department investigations into his conduct, while at the same time asserting his personal authority over any potential payout.

“It’s interesting, ’cause I’m the one that makes the decision, right?” Trump said at the White House, responding to questions about administrative claims he filed seeking roughly $230m related to the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago and the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The New York Times had reported the claims on Tuesday.

 

[placebo]

I just want to curse 24/7.

Same here. It's just so frustrating to be reminded of all the missed opportunities to stop this criminal. Democrats did nothing with the findings of the Mueller report. McConnell and other senate Republicans refusing to convict Trump after the insurrection. The Biden administration ignoring Trump because they thought he was politically dead. AG Garland focusing on the people who attacked the capitol instead of on the leaders who incited it. Biden deciding to run for reelection despite polls showing he was deeply unpopular. It's just failure after failure after failure.

One can hope that if sane people regain control of the federal government, they'll hold the criminals in the administration responsible, but experience suggests we should not hold are breaths.