U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has introduced a bill that would block President Donald J. Trump from being compensated for the Justice Department’s campaign of lawfare waged against him during the Biden administration.
The serial liar and conspiracy monger unveiled the “No Torts for Trump Act,” which would “prohibit sitting presidents from seeking taxpayer-funded payouts under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA),” according to a statement posted to his website on Thursday.
The California Democrat’s move comes in response to an October New York Times report that Trump wants the DOJ to cough up around $230 million for the unjust persecutions, specifically the investigation into Russiagate, a thoroughly debunked hoax that Schiff himself promoted, and the August 2022 raid on Mar-a-Lago, a Gestapo-style operation signed off on by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Donald Trump’s corruption is not a bug of his presidency. It’s the defining feature.
His latest attempt to secure a $230 million payout from the DOJ is just another terrible example.
I’m introducing legislation to block this obscene money grab. pic.twitter.com/fLdHGcZv8s
— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) November 13, 2025
“The core feature of Donald Trump’s presidency is corruption. And the president’s attempt to have the Justice Department — run by his own former criminal defense lawyers — pay him hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for some imagined claim is just the latest in a long line of self-enrichment schemes. My bill would ensure that taxpayers are not ripped off for the president’s benefit,” Schiff said.
The bill is co-sponsored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who joined in the latest stunt.
According to the NYT, Trump has “submitted complaints through an administrative claim process that often is the precursor to lawsuits” with the first claim being about Russiagate and the second over the Garland-authorized storming of his South Florida residence, an unprecedented action that would typically be seen in a banana republic.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. https://t.co/z1JROXHVYB
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 21, 2025
The second complaint also accuses the DOJ of malicious prosecution, according to the Times, which cited the standard anonymous sources in “people familiar with the matter.”
When he was asked about the Times report by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office after the story broke, the president did not deny that he’s seeking restitution and said that he’d give it to charity.
President Trump on NYT reporting he’s seeking $230 million from the DOJ in response to the investigations into him: “With the country, it’s interesting because I’m the one that makes the decision, right? And that decision would have to go across my desk. And it’s awfully strange… pic.twitter.com/i86VXEJVTq
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 21, 2025
“It could be,” Trump said, adding, “I don’t know what the numbers are, I don’t even talk to them about it. All I know is that they would owe me a lot of money. But I’m not looking for money, I’d give it to charity or something. I would give it to charity, any money.”
“But look, what they did, they rigged the election, and as you know, we had, in one case, 60 Minutes had to pay us a lot of money, George Slopodopoulous had to pay us a lot of money,” he continued. “They paid me a lot of money, because what they did was wrong.”
“Now with the country, it’s interesting because I’m the one who makes the decision,” Trump added. “And you know, that decision would have to go across my desk, and it’s awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself.”
Schiff’s bill comes after he and his fellow Democrats suffered a stinging defeat when eight lawmakers broke ranks to bring an end to the “Schumer shutdown,” a brazen exercise in hostage taking to force taxpayers to fund free healthcare for illegal aliens that failed spectacularly.
“This is yet another attempt by President Trump to weaponize his position of power for personal financial gain at the expense of American taxpayers,” Schiff and other Democratic senators wrote in an October 29 letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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