Trump brags about demanding his own government give him taxpayer money over Mar-a-Lago search: 'I hereby give myself $1B
Source: Yahoo! News/The Independent
Sat, December 20, 2025 at 5:12 p.m. EST
President Donald Trump bragged about demanding a massive payout as a result of two complaints he brought against the Justice Department over the federal investigations into him.
After Trump left office in 2021, the Justice Department launched a pair of probes that looked into his handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump later filed two complaints — one in 2023 and one in 2024 — through “an administrative claim process,” which could lead to a lawsuit, demanding the Justice Department pay him $230 million in compensation the New York Times reported in October.
In a wide-ranging speech in North Carolina on Friday, which was billed as remarks on the economy, the president digressed into his complaints, now inflating that potential sum to $1 billion.
“We have all the evidence, and we have to do something about it,” Trump boomed as the crowd erupted in claps and cheers. “I brought a lawsuit, and I’m winning the lawsuit. There’s only one problem. I’m the one who has to settle it. In other words, I am suing, and I’m the one that’s supposed to settle it.” “So, maybe I'll give myself $1 billion and give it all to charity,” he then suggested before changing his mind. “Actually, maybe I shouldn't give it to charity. Maybe I should keep the money.”
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He has never "given anything to charity". That is why he was always considered a pariah in the NYC blue blood circles.
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