Trump has requested $230 million from the Justice Department

 Regarding allegations involving previous criminal cases against him,

 Trump has requested $230 million from the Justice Department. According to a source familiar with the claims, President Trump and his legal team have requested that the Justice Department pay him roughly $230 million to resolve two federal damage claims involving investigations into him during both his first and Biden administrations. Given that some of the senior Justice 

Department representatives entrusted with resolving the allegations represented Mr. Trump in those cases, this creates the potential for a conflict of interest. Both allegations were submitted prior to Mr. Trump taking office for a second term.

The documents on both claims pertaining to previous investigations into Trump have been filed, but it's unclear if talks between the Trump legal team and the Justice Department are in progress or have already taken place, the source said. 

The first alleges that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, and the second alleges that the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, 

focussing on how Mr. Trump handled classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021. The New York Times was the first to report on the allegations on Tuesday. The Justice Department handbook states that the deputy attorney general or the

One of Mr. Trump's criminal defence lawyers was the deputy attorney general. In the case involving the classified documents, Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta was defended by associate attorney general Stanley Woodward. 

American taxpayers would cover the cost of any approved compensation. "Restitution does exist in criminal cases, but it is for the victims of the crimes, not for the people who are being investigated for committing them. 

In an interview, veteran D.C. lawyer Paul Dueffert stated, "It's extremely uncommon, but it may have happened in the past. "Please provide the backup for these numbers."