"President Donald Trump has profited off his second term to an unprecedented degree, making hundreds of millions of dollars through a variety of financial schemes, kickbacks, and shady business deals with his allies and acolytes. But he currently stands poised to cut out the middlemen and collect $230 million directly from his own government. Before returning to the White House, Trump filed claims insisting that he deserved this taxpayer-funded windfall because he'd been persecuted by various federal investigations, including the Russia probe, the Mar-a-Lago search."
"Trump has filed a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which-in theory-allows victims of certain official misconduct to collect damages from the government. Not directly from the individual who violated their rights, but essentially as a government payout. Trump is arguing that these investigations were, in fact, violations of his rights, specifically under Florida law. He alleges that his rights against "intrusion upon seclusion" and "malicious prosecution" were violated, which is pretty rich. So he is demanding, cumulatively, almost a quarter of a"
President Donald Trump is pursuing roughly $230 million from the federal government by filing claims that federal investigations violated his rights. He invokes the Federal Tort Claims Act and alleges violations under Florida law, including intrusion upon seclusion and malicious prosecution. The claims treat government payouts as compensation for alleged official misconduct rather than suits against individual investigators. Trump frames the Russia probe, the Mar-a-Lago search, and the classified-documents prosecution as persecution warranting taxpayer-funded damages. He has suggested the government will pay and that he might donate the money while continuing to profit financially during his second term.
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