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 Im winning the lawsuit. Theres only one problem. Im the one who has to settle it. In other words, I am suing, and Im the one thats 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.
Irish_Dem
(79,371 posts)How much is he stealing behind the scenes?
LymphocyteLover
(9,298 posts)Real justice can't come soon enough
Irish_Dem
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He wants to be a trillionaire and he may indeed achieve his goal
by embezzling it all from the US government and foreign govts.
LymphocyteLover
(9,298 posts)His brand is shit.
He'll die before he gets 100 billion, I bet.
He might try to embezzle that much but I think that would be a bridge too far even for his toadies in Congress.
Bengus81
(9,754 posts)mind has forgot. Nothing illegal or bogus about it. You fucking STOLE classified documents. Of course we all know it was done on purpose for the attention.
Especially seeing how you seem to be above the law and can cheat anything except dementia and your coming death.
Justice matters.
(9,281 posts)for she was sentenced to 5 years for just 1 page?
Impeach Cannon and disbar her. Of course, nothing will be done.
Americanme
(354 posts)he's talking about taxpayer money. If he awards himself money from the government, taxpayers, including trump voters, pay the bill. How can they be so "poorly educated"?
pansypoo53219
(22,854 posts)LymphocyteLover
(9,298 posts)FakeNoose
(39,999 posts)... I'm no longer waiting for Chump's impeachment. It's way too late for that.
He needs to be dragged by his feet out of the White House and put to death on a guillotine. Then he'll get his wish, he'll be treated just like royalty: King Louis XVI ... the one who married Marie Antoinette. And they both got beheaded by the poor people of Paris.