Trump says he's seeking 'a lot of money' in damages from DOJ

Trump told reporters that he's seeking up to hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the government for its scuttled investigations and prosecutions of him.

President Donald Trump acknowledged to reporters Monday that he's seeking up to hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the federal government for its scuttled investigations and prosecutions of him.

“As far as all of the litigation, everything that’s going to go, yeah, they probably owe me a lot of money," Trump said when asked about a New York Times report that he's filed administrative claims seeking $230 million in damages from the Justice Department.

Asked about the the $230-million figure, Trump said, "It could be."

“I don’t know what the numbers” are, Trump said. “I don’t even talk to them [the lawyers] about it.”

He also said he'd ultimately be the person approving the payout and that, if he granted it, he'd "do something nice" with the money.