Trump has filed administrative complaints with the Department of Justice alleging that his rights were violated by DOJ investigations into his illegal retention of classified documents and the role Russia played in the 2016 election.
The $230 million in damages he is seeking would need to first be approved by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Civil Division head Stanley Woodward Jr. before likely needing Trump’s ultimate approval.
Blanche previously served as Trump’s personal attorney during these investigations, while Woodward served as counsel for Trump aide Walt Nauta in the classified documents case. The conflict of interest is so obvious that even Trump has commented on it.
“I have a lawsuit that was doing very well, and when I became president, I said, ‘I’m sort of suing myself,’” Trump said in the Oval Office on Oct. 15. “I don’t know, how do you settle the lawsuit? I’ll say, ‘Give me X dollars, right?’ And I don’t know what to do with the lawsuit. It’s a great lawsuit. And now I won, it sort of looks bad, I’m suing myself, right?”
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Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence says 11 people were killed, all from the same family, after the bus they were in was hit by an Israeli tank shell in northern Gaza.
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Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York says he will not run for reelection next year, according to an interview published Monday night by The New York Times.





























