“Egregious”: Even Trump fans aghast at his demand for $230 million in “taxpayer dollars”
Conservative voices are pushing back against President Donald Trump s demands for the Department of Justice to pay million in compensation for prior investigations into him On Tuesday the New York Times published that Trump is seeking the payout which stems from investigations that he proposes damaged him very greatly acknowledging that he would be paying myself I m the one that makes the decision and that decision would have to go across my desk Trump stated Scott Jennings a conservative pundit on CNN and a longtime political strategist called the demand by Trump an unprecedented situation and advised the president to pursue the affair when he is out of office Related Bolton compares Trump DOJ to Stalinist police after classified docs indictment My personal advice if he required me would be you having to table this until you leave office Jennings disclosed on CNN s News Night on Monday I think he maybe was damaged and he s entitled to the process If it were me and I were advising him I would just say you could table it and put it off until you leave office Phillip He declared I might be the one to decide whether I get paid a quarter of billion Jennings My personal advice would be to have him table this until he leaves office pic twitter com sGRfICV w Acyn Acyn October David Urban a former senior adviser to Trump in his campaign called the cases against Trump egregious while also criticizing the demand for a payout of taxpayer money This is taxpayer dollars right If the president wants to get an apology from the Department of Justice or from somebody for doing him wrong one thing Urban stated on CNN s The Arena on Monday For John Q Society to come out of their checkbook to pay him money it s not like Donald Trump s brand has been hurt by that right Taxpayers paying that is not something you want to see Urban added Trump previously filed lawsuits asking for damages from the FBI for purported violations of his rights during investigations into his campaign s ties to Russia and from a raid on Mar-a-Lago in search of classified documents Read more about Trump in command How far will Donald Trump go to sell a lie All Donald Trump requires is total fealty- and no opposition Constantly obvious the Trump-Nixon parallels are now downright uncanny The post Egregious Even Trump fans aghast at his demand for million in taxpayer dollars appeared first on Salon com
