Or maybe he will alter the deal.

There's some nuance. The two claims were filed before he was president, in 2023 and 2024.

"The first claim, filed in 2023, seeks damages over the investigations into whether his 2016 presidential campaign had worked with Russia to help him win the election. The second, filed in 2024, accuses the FBI and DOJ of violating Trumps privacy during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and of malicious prosecution for the subsequent charges he faced over mishandling classified documents."

and

"While neither investigation resulted in Trump’s conviction (he was never charged in the Russia investigation and a federal judge tossed the classified documents case), the president has pointed to both as evidence that democratic officials weaponized the justice system against him."

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/politics/trump-doj-request-23...

So now that he's president he's telling justice department to pay him.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/donald-trump...

https://apnews.com/article/trump-fbi-justice-department-177d...

> One of the administrative claims, filed in August 2024 and reviewed by The Associated Press, seeks compensatory and punitive damages over the search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and the resulting case alleging he hoarded classified documents and thwarted government efforts to retrieve them.

> His lawyer who filed the claim alleged the case was a “malicious prosecution” carried out by the Biden administration to hurt Trump’s bid to reclaim the White House, forcing Trump to spend tens of millions of dollars in his defense.

> The Times said the other claim seeks damages related to the long-concluded Trump-Russia investigation, which continues to infuriate the president.