A CNN panelist on Tuesday night called President Donald Trump's pursuit of a $230 million payment from the Justice Department as restitution for the previous prosecutions "disgusting" and "tone-deaf."
CNN political commentator Ana Navarro joined "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Tuesday and discussed Trump's attempt to get the Justice Department to pay him. According to reports, the two people who would be responsible for approving the payment are both lawyers who either represented Trump or one of his allies.
The Justice Department also did not clarify whether the two lawyers would recuse themselves from the case, if Trump officially asks for payment, according to reports.
Navarro said Trump's seeking payment from the Justice Department is "tone-deaf," given that many Americans are unable to pay for rent and groceries.
"This is just one more stripe on the tiger," she said. "You've got the crypto grift. You've got Melania getting paid $40 million from Amazon for a documentary. You've got Melania selling Christmas ornaments. You've got Trump hawking watches. You've got the $400 million jet from Qatar. I mean, the list is long and with no oversight."
"The tone deafness here is disgusting," she continued. "But at the same time, it is the level of corruption that has almost become normal because of the lack of Republican willingness to be the oversight on what is happening."
