Trump Asks DOJ to Pay Himself $230M â Ethics? LOL, No.
In a plot twist stranger than a soap opera power grab, President Trump is angling to collect a mind-boggling $230 million from the Justice Department for complaints tied to Russia meddling and classified docs probes filed in 2023 and 2024. Picture this: DOJ loyalists, personally defended by Trumpâs handpicked lawyersâmany of whom moonlight as his courtroom Avengersâmight approve the payment, while dissenters were purged faster than your favorite TV showâs ethics standards by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who famously fired the DOJ ethics chief during the ââintriguingââ purge. Trumpâs quote banger? Calling it 'awfully strange to make a decision where Iâm paying myself,' then nonchalantly noting his lawyers 'could be' seeking the cash, which heâll 'donate to charity,' because that totally clears up the clash-of-interest dumpster fire. The House Judiciary Democrats now smell a Domestic Emoluments Clause bonanza, but DOJ might still have to figure out who exactly gets to play lawyer and banker in this surreal self-funded legal circus.
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Trump asking DOJ to pay him $230M is like starring in a scam sequel directed by ethics-free fan fiction writersâwhere conflict of interest is just a fancy term for Tuesday.
Asking DOJ to cut you a $230M check after stuffing it with your lawyers is the definition of 'fail ethics class so hard you start teaching it.'
Watching Trump try to pay himself from DOJ funds is like watching a cat try to argue a dog should do the taxesâconflicted chaos with zero credibility.
Source: Axios | Published: 10/22/2025 | Author: Avery Lotz
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