In a highly unusual move, President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal probes against him. Many of the senior DOJ officials who would be needed to approve such a payout had previously worked for Trump, including the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, his former defense attorney. The White House said they would “follow the guidance of career ethics officials,” but Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the agency’s top ethics adviser in July.