Yes, really. Here are the receipts.
Trump is pursuing a $230M DOJ payout over the Russia probe and Mar-a-Lago search. The payout lies with DOJ officials who were his former lawyers - sparking lawsuits, a House investigation, and accusations of blatant self-dealing with taxpayer money.
Two administrative claims — one over the Russia probe, one over the Mar-a-Lago search — could be settled by a department now stocked with his former defense lawyers. The $100 million he wants in punitive damages alone...
The mechanism is the Federal Tort Claims Act, and the officials who would presumably sign off previously defended him in the very cases at issue. What he told reporters he'd do with the money...
Original reporting: The New York Times broke the $230M figure; the pieces above credit and link it.