President Donald Trump is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the Justice Department for federal investigations into him, according to reporting from The New York Times.

Newsmax judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano argued that President Donald Trump's reported demand that the Justice Department pay him $230 million was a "nonstarter." Napolitano responded to the reports after Trump confirmed on Tuesday that he was seeking a settlement from his Justice Department related to investigations into Russia's election

Trump should pay a political price for his brazen corruption. Instead, he is telling American taxpayers to pay a price, directly to him.

Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and former SEC chair, told CNBC's 'Squawk Box' that "leaders at the bar" and "thought leaders" in the legal world "stayed silent" during the politicized prosecutions of Donald Trump,

Some said they worry that the Trump administration will target them for prosecution, draining their life savings and potentially landing them in jail. In a time of heightened political violence, others said they fear that the president’s most zealous followers may try to do them harm.

Kaitlan Collins called out the "layers of conflict" hours after confronting Trump to his face about his plans to seek a $20 million payoff from his own DOJ.

On Tuesday, October 21, the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump "is demanding that" the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) "pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.

Donald Trump is reportedly trying to loot the federal government to the tune of $230 million. That’s how much he’s demanding from the Department of Justice in compensation for past federal probes of his misdeeds, according to a Tuesday report in The New York Times.

President Trump's lawyers previously filed paperwork for two damage claims over the past federal criminal cases against him.