"On CNN's The Arena With Kasie Hunt, conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg took the first at-bat reacting to the report. Goldberg called it weird politics and submitted that it shows you what a different time we're in that this is even being considered, especially given the ongoing government shutdown and other corruption allegations against Trump. Then the Times Lulu Garcia-Navarro noted that the cash Trump was seeking was taxpayer money that would be going into the president's pocketbook."
"Listen, I agree with Jonah that most of those cases that were brought against the president are just egregious, right? The Letitia James case, the Alvin Bragg case. I was, you know, a part of the 2016 campaign firsthand, and had to suffer through the James Comey Russiagate, watching my friends get dragged before grand juries so I can understand some of what the president wants, began the former Trump adviser."
"But to Lulu's point exactly, this is taxpayer dollars, right? If the president wants to get an apology from the Department of Justice, or from somebody for doing him wrong one thing. For John Q.Public to come out of their checkbook to pay him money, it's not like Donald Trump's brand has been hurt by that, right? If you go around the world and look at the Trump developments, and the Trump properties, and how profitable the Trump Organization is today,"
President Donald Trump sought a $230 million payout as compensation for investigations during the Biden administration. Commentators labeled the demand politically strange amid a government shutdown and other corruption allegations. Observers noted that the requested funds would come from taxpayers and flow into the president's pocket. A former Trump campaign adviser acknowledged some prosecutions appeared egregious and recalled 2016-era grievances, but argued that taxpayer-funded compensation is inappropriate because the president's businesses remain profitable; an apology would be understandable, but direct payments from public coffers are unwarranted.
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