Worries about Trump Using the US Treasury to Pay Off People who Supported his Antics…

ILLEGAL ANTICS in many cases….

Some People convicted of Federal crimes that he pardoned….

(And himself?)

To Get PAID for their action’s?…..

Legal experts and White House critics are worried the Justice Department (DOJ) could become a piggy bank for those with grievances as President Trump and a number of his allies pursue million-dollar settlement claims.

While Trump’s push for $230 million in compensation for two probes into his conduct would be the most lucrative of the suits, others in his orbit are also seeking millions from the DOJ.

That group includes Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who has said he intends to take advantage of a provision tucked into the bill to reopen the government that allows 10 senators to sue for $1 million after their phone records were obtained by special counsel Jack Smith without notifying them.

The Justice Department also appears to have reversed course in existing settlement disputes with other Trump allies, an unusual move after fighting multimillion-dollar requests.

Prior efforts from Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and former Trump White House lawyer Stefan Passantino to score settlements with the DOJ hit roadblocks in court, but Bloomberg reported the two are now in renewed discussions with the Justice Department…

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“It is egregious partisan grifting that Donald Trump has clearly authorized to pay his allies with taxpayer money,” argued Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), a former federal prosecutor….

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The Justice Department has a judgment fund used to pay out settlements — a limitless pot of money that critics say risks becoming too easily tapped by Trump’s allies…

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Critics of Trump see the requests as nothing more than a way to enrich the president and his allies, particularly those connected with probes into two events he continues to rail against: the Mueller investigation and Jan. 6.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), a member of the Jan. 6 panel whose actions Passantino has contested, said she sees the settlement talks as an effort to “rip off the taxpayers.”

“These are all activities that were approved judicially. I mean, Flynn pled guilty to a felony, was [later] pardoned. What’s the basis for compensation for wrongdoing? There is none. It’s just a way for greed heads to suck money out of the public treasury at taxpayers’ expense,” she told The Hill…..

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