Stop Trump's Slush-Fund Boondoggle

Donald Trump has dropped his $10 billion damages lawsuit against the IRS. What he's doing instead may be even worse.

Back in October, we editorialized against the unseemly spectacle of Trump's pursuing administrative claims for $230 million in damages against the Justice Department for alleged abuses of his civil rights in its investigations. Even if the claims were valid when he made them, before becoming president, we argued, it is wrong for presidents — to whom DOJ necessarily answers — to direct that agency to pay them money.