‘Open in Its Corruption’: National Review Legal Expert Calls on Trump to Abandon $230M Lawsuit Against DOJ

Isaac Schorr Oct 23rd, 2025, 9:41 am

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Dan McLaughlin , a senior writer and recovering lawyer at , argued that President Donald Trump accepting $230 million from his own Department of Justice would be “scandalous” in a new blog post at the conservative website.

reported on Tuesday that Trump was seeking the hefty payout as compensation for the investigations into his 2016 campaign, as well as into him personally during the Biden administration.

A number of conservatives, including former Trump campaign adviser David Urban and CNN stalwart Scott Jennings , have expressed concern over the lawsuit. McLaughlin joined

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