House Democrats are launching a probe into President Trump’s discussions with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to score as much as $230 million in a settlement to compensate him for the various federal probes into his conduct.

Reps. Jamie Raskin (Md.) and Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees, respectively, called the move “a blatantly illegal and unconstitutional effort to steal $230 million from the American people.”

“Your plan to have your obedient underlings at the Department of Justice (DOJ) instruct the U.S. Treasury to pay you, personally, hundreds of millions of dollars—especially at a time when most Americans are struggling to pay rent, put food on the table, and afford health care—is an outrageous and shocking attempt to shake down the American people,” the two wrote in a letter to Trump.

Trump has argued he deserves to be compensated after facing prosecution on cases targeting his conduct leading up to the Jan. 6........

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