Trump seeks $230 million DOJ payout over past investigation: Report

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00:00This morning, new questions about just how far President Trump is willing to go to turn the tables on his former prosecutors.

00:09The New York Times was first to report that the president is demanding about $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department,

00:17money he claims he's owed for what he calls years of unfair investigations into him.

00:22The claims filed before he returned to the White House cover both the Russia investigation and the Mar-a-Lago documents case.

00:30But now, the same department that once investigated him is run by his own appointees,

00:35including Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, his former defense lawyer, one of the officials who may have to sign off on any settlement.

00:43Legal experts tell the Times the ethical conflict is, quote, bizarre and almost too outlandish to believe.

00:49I don't know what the numbers are. I don't even talk to them about it.

00:53All I know is that they would owe me a lot of money, but I'm not looking for money.

00:57I'd give it to charity or something. I would give it to charity.

01:00With the country, it's interesting because I'm the one that makes a decision, right?

01:03And, you know, that decision would have to go across my desk.

01:07And it's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself.

01:10In other words, did you ever have one of those cases where you have to decide how much you're paying yourself in damages?

01:16But I was damaged very greatly, and any money that I would get, I would give to charity.

01:21The Times says about $230 million in taxpayer money could be at stake if the president's own Justice Department agrees that he deserves it.