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You have to give Donald Trump some credit. He was making plenty of money selling pardons, ripping off Venezuela’s oil, and selling seats on his “Board of Peace,” but all of these required something resembling work. In the case of Venezuelan oil, he even had to invade a country and kill 80 people.

But Trump’s latest grift is far simpler. He just sues the government and then orders Attorney General Pam Bondi to give him the money. He already did this several months back when he filed a $230 million suit because the government tried to prosecute him for the crimes he committed.

As a practical matter, Trump’s lawsuit was a total joke. Since he almost certainly would have been found guilty if he had allowed the prosecution to continue, there is not even the beginning of a case. Imagine Jeffrey Esptein, if he was still alive, suing the government for prosecuting him. I doubt the Justice Department would be handing over $230 million.

But the Trump case was even worse. Even when acquitted, a defendant can only under........

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