Barbara McQuade, Columnist

Trump Demanding Money From the DOJ Is a Bid to Rewrite History

October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM UTC

Barbara McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law school, a former US attorney and author of the forthcoming book, "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government."

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President Donald Trump’s effort to rewrite history continues, and the latest installment could cost taxpayers as much as $230 million.

According to the New York Times, Trump is demanding that the Department of Justice pay him that astonishing amount for allegedly violating his rights through federal investigations targeting him.