President Donald Trump struggled to answer questions from the press regarding reports that he is seeking to force the Department of Justice to pay him $230 million as compensation for being investigated during the Biden presidency.
A Tuesday report from The New York Times revealed that the president had made two complaints in 2023 and 2024 seeking damages for numerous violations of his rights.
Asked about the report by a journalist during a press conference in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump, 79, consistently appeared clueless about the subject.
“Are you asking the Justice Department to look into the federal investigations into you and look for compensation, and how much are you asking for?” the reporter asked Trump.
“Um, who is asking for what?” he replied, prompting her to repeat h