President Donald Trump has demanded that the Department of Justice pay him a whopping $230 million in compensation for its criminal investigations of him dating to before his first term in the White House and afterward, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

The Times noted that any potential settlement might have to be approved by federal officials whom he has appointed during his second term.

One of them , Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche , represented Trump as a defense attorney in criminal cases before he returned to the White House in early January.

"As far as all of the litigation ... yeah, they probably owe me a lot of money," Trump told reporters at the White House later Tuesday.

"It could be" the $230 million reported by the Times, he acknowledged.

The president

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