Trump says he’d have final say on money he seeks over past federal investigations into his conduct

Photo: President Donald Trump in the Oval Office – October 6, 2025. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian via Flickr. US government work. AP News – updated October 21, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government owes him “a lot of money” for prior Justice Department investigations into his actions and insisted he would have the ultimate say on any payout because any decision will “have to go across my desk.” Trump’s comments to reporters at the White House came in response to questions about a New York Times story that said he had filed administrative claims before being reelected seeking roughly $230 million in damages related to the FBI’s 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago property for classified documents and for a separate investigation into potential ties between Russia and his 2016 presidential campaign. […]

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